Making crime pay

One of the delights of having a common law practice at the Bar, is the wide…

The Lord of Misrule

Regretfully, I had to change my plans this weekend as our village’s Brexit street party, to…

Herbert v HH Law Limited

Yesterday argument concluded in the Court of Appeal at 5pm, in the case of Herbert v…

The golden goose

For seven hundred years the common law courts set their faces against strangers to a case…

Construing costs management orders

Costs budgeting and costs management has evolved over the last 5 years substantially. Evolution it should…

Issues based costs orders and part 36

One dilemma that arises from time to time is how a court is to balance the…

QOCS and fundamental dishonesty II

Assuming that the issues have been sufficiently telegraphed to the putatively dishonest party, how is fundamental…

QOCS and fundamental dishonesty

It is sad to say, that fraud is present in a significant number of cases in…

If I could turn back time

One of the vagaries of the costs management regime, is that it has to function in…

2019

2019 is about to begin with the Navy tussling with asylum seekers in the Channel, the…