Praisegod Barebone
Some years ago, I took my children on a tour of the Houses of Parliament. I dimly remembered visiting them in my own youth, and as politics has been quite interesting for the last few
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Receivers’ charges revisited
As I write this post, the rain is sleeting down outside, almost continuously as it has done for the last week. Like tears from heaven, as the angels weep for the World’s Pain, it seems
Continue readingBlaming others
An issue that arises from time to time, is when in multi-party litigation, it is appropriate for a defendant who has lost a case, to have to pay the costs of co-defendants who have been
Continue readingThe undiscovered country
QOCS like so many areas of costs litigation, could be described as the gift that never stops giving. In 2018 alone for example, I found myself arguing two cases in the Court of Appeal on
Continue readingCosts Conference 26th November 2019 in London
I am finishing off the paper I am presenting at the MBL Seminars Costs Conference in London on 26th November. It looks like it will be a very interesting day. The blurb from the conference
Continue readingAutumn leaves
I have returned home after six days of rain in Cornwall followed by a seventh day of gales to speed me on my way, feeling in need of a holiday in order to recover from
Continue readingCommon costs and multiple defendants
One of the issues which arises frequently in a costs case, where there are multiple defendants, is the issue of the treatment of common costs. Where there is a costs claim against two or more
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The European Union (Withdrawal) (No 2) Act 2019 provides as follows: (4) The Prime Minister must seek to obtain from the European Council an extension of the period under Article 50(3) of the Treaty on
Continue readingThe oncoming storm
The year 2020 is likely to mark a watershed in the structure of the personal injury litigation industry, in England and Wales due to a package of reforms which are clearly designed to reduce the
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A copy of the paper I delivered yesterday at the Law Society’s Commercial Litigation Conference is available here: 2019 09 29 costs budgeting a presentation for the law society.
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