Category: Access to justice

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

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

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

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

…the search for truth strains the patience of most people, who would rather believe the first things that come to hand. -Thucidydes For many years I have had an active interest in disability issues and

Rough winds are currently shaking the darling buds of May. As the third anniversary of the referendum result approaches, the country appears no nearer a resolution to the great political issue of the day. A

At the current time, it is hard to credit that the government has done anything in the last 3 years, than break itself to pieces on a reef called Brexit. Certainly, the great issues of