Andrew Hogan's blog on costs and litigation funding
Are all conditional fee agreements contentious business agreements? And if so, how might that effect a client’s right to an assessment of the costs charged by her solicitor under the Solicitors Act 1974? These are
Continue readingOne of the interesting developments of the last decade or so has been the rise of behavioural science, its acceptance by the political establishment and its deployment into mainstream policy making by politicians. In 2008,
Continue readingI 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 readingSometimes it is not enough for a solicitor to win a case for a client and to recover substantial awards of damages and costs in order to get paid. This is not only because clients
Continue readingI seem to have spent the last couple of weeks since my return from holiday, advising upon and drafting retainers for personal injury matters. The practice of charging clients 100% success fees unrelated to risk
Continue readingAn important element of the decision in Herbert -v- H H Law Ltd (Final) concerned the Court’s decision that an ATE insurance premium was not a solicitor’s disbursement, and so did not fall within the
Continue readingThere are three significant points arising from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Herbert -v- H H Law Ltd (Final) handed down yesterday, which are of general importance to the profession, and not
Continue readingToday the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Herbert v HH Law Limited. A copy of the judgment can be downloaded here: Herbert -v- H H Law Ltd (Final). The case
Continue readingTomorrow, at 10 am the Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR and Lindblom and Asplin LJJ) will hand down judgment in the case of Herbert v HH Law Limited. Copies of the handed down
Continue readingOne of the key distinctions between the way that barristers and solicitors practise, remains the fact that barristers may not handle client money, whereas solicitors do on a daily basis. This in turn means that the solicitors are required
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