Andrew Hogan

The path less travelled

Mediation is now central to civil justice in England and Wales. By 2023, it had outpaced trials, driven by cost, […]

The Civil Justice Council’s Final Report reserves some of its most radical proposals for Part 9. Here it calls for

The Civil Justice Council’s Final Report does not stop at regulation. It also proposes significant changes to the rules of

In Part 6 of its Final Report, the Civil Justice Council proposes to bring portfolio funding and litigation loans within

The Civil Justice Council’s Final Report on litigation funding proposes a formal system of statutory regulation, replacing the existing patchwork

The Civil Justice Council’s Final Report on Litigation Funding, published in June 2025, marks a watershed moment for the funding

On Friday the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in two very important conjoined appeals about the potential liability of

My costs work is divided into advocacy, advisory and drafting tasks. The latter includes the drafting of solicitors’ retainers, which

Words matter. In law, they are everything. They are the medium through which meaning is conveyed, disputes are resolved, and

One of the consequences of growing older, is that you realise that all time is circular, and you return to