The page unwritten
Criminal costs cases are always interesting. In the case of The Lord Chancellor v Lam &…
Chicken supreme
Enforceability challenges have an enduring appeal in costs litigation. They are also protean and have taken…
The unforgiving hour
If you can fill the unforgiving minute. With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the…
On a pale horse
As long ago as 2009, The Guardian reported that banks and solicitors were charging £1.25 billion…
Sea Lords of Malta
Easter has now been and gone. I have returned from a very welcome break on the…
Of herbs and stewed rabbit
Spring has reached the riverlands. Each day the sky seems to become bluer, and the foliage…
Personal Injury Costs 2023
On 30th March 2023 Craig Ralph and I are undertaking our latest Zoom seminar. As the…
Changing times
Sometimes, even now, a decade after the implementation of the Jackson reforms, to most of civil…
Thick and fast
The last few months have seen an outpouring of legal argument, judgment, analysis and statutory reform…
That hard six
Sometimes you just gotta roll the hard six. -Unknown On 2nd February 2023 The Civil Procedure…