One of the more esoteric varietals of retainer that a solicitor may make with a client…
Category: Solicitor-own client
Assecuratus non quaerit lucrum sed agit ne in damno sit
The Platinum Jubilee is over. Amidst the caterwauling and sentimentality, with the press obsessing over the…
A falsis principiis proficisci
Last week saw the shock adjournment of the appeal in the case of Belsner v Cam…
Costs and deductions from damages II
“It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical…
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Since 2013, the number of solicitor-own client detailed assessments has significantly increased. In particular challenges to…
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via
One of my more harmless vices, is the collection of old law books. Included in my…
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat
For many years I have thought that Liverpool could aptly be described as the engine room…
Mission accomplished
The clocks have gone forward and British summertime has arrived. The first tentative easing of Lock…
Costs budgeting and clients
An issue which is often passed over in litigation until disaster strikes, is the involvement of…