Non party costs Orders and directors
Applications for non party costs orders (NPCOs) are coming thick and fast at the moment: on average I seem to […]
Costs and arbitral proceedings
One of my interests for many years, has been arbitration and more latterly arbitration costs. As well as advisory work,
Clinical negligence costs revisited
Next Thursday, the 7th December 2023 at 4.30pm, in the last Zoom seminar of the year, the living legend that
Black Friday
I am hitting the airwaves again, with the living legend who is Nick McDonnell of Kain Knight on Friday. The
Soft law
Just as many solicitors will proceed from qualification to retirement, without a single solicitor-own client assessment troubling them and in
Nine Hands Cutting
One of the more interesting (and potentially useful) arguments in the recent case of Diag Human SE v Volterra Fietta
Rise of the machines
I have been a barrister for nearly 30 years. In that time I have seen many trends, fashions, fads and
Blue pencils and green crayons
It is now more than a quarter of a century since I started undertaking work in the field of costs
Sunrise in the valley
Thursday has arrived. Tomorrow I am attending the Association of Costs Lawyers Conference in London, where I will be speaking
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Autumn is well underway. I took most of the summer off this year, after the horrors of last summer and