The great escape

The bane of solicitors practising in the field of personal injury has since at least 2013…

The road not taken

For many years the questions of alternative funding and its availability has been central to disputes…

Beyond the Wall

I had an entertaining trip to Manchester on Friday, in order to speak at the ACL…

The North remembers

I have just finished putting the final touches to the paper on QOCS I have been…

I fought the law

It has been cynically observed in the author’s presence, that insurance companies only care about fraud, and costs,…

QOCS considered

A central part of the LASPO 2012 reforms, was the introduction of Qualified One Way Costs…

The Republic of Liverpool

I have just returned from another outing to the Liverpool County Court, where I am a…

Widows and orphans

Sometimes a defendant makes a shrewdly judged part 36 offer, which is refused or ignored by the…

More QOCS conundrums

Cases about QOCS seem to arrive like buses, in a pack. In court 72 today, the…

QOCS conundrums

One of the areas of the LASPO reforms which remains notoriously “rough around the edges”, is…