A New Hope

For the first time in 25 years at the Bar, I am on top of my…

Claiming enhanced hourly rates

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. -Proverbs, 9:1 The first…

The Expense of Time

In a data vault, in Switizerland, behind multiple fire walls and triple locked end to end…

Life on Mars

Oh, well let’s entertain it, let’s take it out for a prawn cocktail, a steak and a…

Controlling costs in group litigation

Over the years I have had involvement in a number of group actions, all of which…

Ho howe hmmm

One of my abiding interests in the field of personal injury costs is the vexed and…

Non party costs in the Supreme Court II

The last post considered the search for principle in the Supreme Court decision of Travelers Insurance…

Non party costs in the Supreme Court I

A very important case was decided by the Supreme Court at the tail end of last…

Non party costs orders continued

By the time of Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings and Alexander Vik [2016] EWCA Civ 23…

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…