January 2019 – Costs Barrister

Construing costs management orders

Costs budgeting and costs management has evolved over the last 5 years substantially. Evolution it should be noted is often

One dilemma that arises from time to time is how a court is to balance the competing considerations which can

Assuming that the issues have been sufficiently telegraphed to the putatively dishonest party, how is fundamental dishonesty to be defined?

It is sad to say, that fraud is present in a significant number of cases in personal injury litigation. Whether

One of the vagaries of the costs management regime, is that it has to function in the real world where