A New Hope
For the first time in 25 years at the Bar, I am on top of my paperwork, and also have […]
April 2020
Claiming enhanced hourly rates
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. -Proverbs, 9:1 The first point that always arises
The Expense of Time
In a data vault, in Switizerland, behind multiple fire walls and triple locked end to end user encryption, I keep
Life on Mars
Oh, well let’s entertain it, let’s take it out for a prawn cocktail, a steak and a bottle of Liebfraumilch, then
Controlling costs in group litigation
Over the years I have had involvement in a number of group actions, all of which have raised interesting issues
Ho howe hmmm
One of my abiding interests in the field of personal injury costs is the vexed and vexing topic of QOCS,
Non party costs in the Supreme Court II
The last post considered the search for principle in the Supreme Court decision of Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ
Non party costs in the Supreme Court I
A very important case was decided by the Supreme Court at the tail end of last year, that of Travelers
Non party costs orders continued
By the time of Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings and Alexander Vik [2016] EWCA Civ 23 in 2016 a certain
Principle and non party costs orders
Although the caselaw has developed over time with notable cases along the way being Aiden Shipping CoLtdv Interbulk Ltd [1986] 2 WLR 1051