Retainers

Christmas is coming. What would you like for Christmas? Perhaps a shiny new retainer, in your…

The living legends

Michaelmas Term is slowly but surely drawing to an end. As is always the case, this…

Retainers

On Wednesday 27th November 2024, Matthew Smith and I will be delivering a webinar, on the…

The living legends

Next week, on 5th November, Steven Turner and I will be delivering a Zoom seminar on…

Under the greenwood tree

Many years ago, I remember being led in the Court of Appeal in a particularly contentious…

Wasted costs with Paul Hughes

In hotly contested litigation, costs are a constant, contentious issue. But sometimes they go beyond the…

Counsel’s fees and artificial intelligence

If as Philip Larkin wrote, sex began in 1963, then it can be asserted that artificial…

Iron and wine

One of the pleasures of growing old, is seeing many of the same arguments that one…

Planning matters

The Town and Country Planning system in the UK has been subject to increasing scrutiny and…

Plain English

September has rolled around again, and it is back to school. Reviewing the last year, I…