The quantum realm
From time to time, I deal with issues arising on the MOJ Portal and the various protocols which apply to the low value personal injury claims which proceed through it. It is like entering the
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Costs conference in London 23rd April 2020
The very pleasant team at Bidwell Henderson have asked me to speak at their costs conference in London on 23rd April 2020. I have been asked to look at issues of profitability in personal injury
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One of the new roles that I have taken on this year, is the Pro Bono Champion of chambers. Its actually an official title. It is awarded by Advocate, the new name for the Bar Pro
Continue readingIndependence Day
So it is finally here. Independence Day has arrived and tomorrow it will be possible to look out of your window upon a Green and Pleasant Land, freed from the yoke of European vassalage and
Continue readingCommercial Costs Seminar 26th February 2020
On 26th February 2020 Tom Herbert and I will be speaking at our Commercial Costs 2020 seminar in Ropewalk Chambers in Nottingham starting at 4.30pm. I will be looking principally at non-party costs orders and
Continue readingConditional fee agreements and contentious business agreements
Are all conditional fee agreements contentious business agreements? And if so, how might that effect a client’s right to an assessment of the costs charged by her solicitor under the Solicitors Act 1974? These are
Continue readingA lawyer yet not a rascal
2020 approaches. A year ago I wrote about my hopes for 2019 and you can read my musings here: http://costsbarrister.co.uk/pro-bono/2019/. Since then politics have changed. This month we have seen Mr Johnson obtain a landslide
Continue readingFixed costs and translation fees
Fixed costs cases tend to resemble London omnibuses, in that after a period of time waiting that seems measured in months, three arrive together. The case of Aldred v Master Tyreese Sulay Alieu Cham [2019]
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Taking up again the role of a modern day Jeremiah, or conversely, John the Baptist, depending on your point of view, about the vexed topic of the ease of funding of personal injury claims post
Continue readingRetainers and behavioural science
One of the interesting developments of the last decade or so has been the rise of behavioural science, its acceptance by the political establishment and its deployment into mainstream policy making by politicians. In 2008,
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