ChatGPT4

Many years ago in the 1980s, I received for my birthday a ZX81 computer. It had…

Non party costs Orders and directors

Applications for non party costs orders (NPCOs) are coming thick and fast at the moment: on…

Costs and arbitral proceedings

One of my interests for many years, has been arbitration and more latterly arbitration costs. As…

Clinical negligence costs revisited

Next Thursday, the 7th December 2023 at 4.30pm, in the last Zoom seminar of the year,…

Black Friday

I am hitting the airwaves again, with the living legend who is Nick McDonnell of Kain…

Soft law

Just as many solicitors will proceed from qualification to retirement, without a single solicitor-own client assessment…

Nine Hands Cutting

One of the more interesting (and potentially useful) arguments in the recent case of Diag Human…

Rise of the machines

I have been a barrister for nearly 30 years. In that time I have seen many…

Blue pencils and green crayons

It is now more than a quarter of a century since I started undertaking work in…

Sunrise in the valley

Thursday has arrived. Tomorrow I am attending the Association of Costs Lawyers Conference in London, where…