Autumn leaves
I 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
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Full fathom five
Sometimes 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 readingSolicitor and own client charging in personal injury matters
I 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 readingDisbursements and ATE premiums
An 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 readingCharging 100% success fees and risk assessments
There 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 readingHerbert v HH Law Limited
Today 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 readingJudgment day: Herbert v HH Law Limited 3rd April 2019 at 10 am
Tomorrow, 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 readingThe piggy bank
One 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
Continue readingWhen solicitors and clients fall out
Solicitor and own client assessments under section 70 of the Solicitors Act 1974 used to be rare beasts. It used to be possible for solicitors to undertake their entire career, without suffering the indignity of
Continue readingThe back of the queue
This post first appeared as an article in the February 2017 issue of Litigation Funding magazine. As 2017 opens, despite predictions that the Brexit process would absorb the attentions of lawmakers and divert scarce resources
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