Changing times
Sometimes, even now, a decade after the implementation of the Jackson reforms, to most of civil litigation, I go to […]
Thick and fast
The last few months have seen an outpouring of legal argument, judgment, analysis and statutory reform on all matters pertinent
That hard six
Sometimes you just gotta roll the hard six. -Unknown On 2nd February 2023 The Civil Procedure Amendment Rules 2023 were
Conditional fee agreements and retainer challenges
For many years, disputes about retainers have been at the heart of the “Costs Wars” fought historically against solicitors by
Unbowed, unbent, unbroken
Following on from the decision of the Court of Appeal in University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Time to let rip
The ripples from the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Belsner v Cam Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387 and Karatysz
Losing interest
Happy New Year. And so begins 2023. At the tail end of last term, a judgment was handed down in
Jingle bells
Once one QOCS case arrives, like the number 27 bus, you know that another one will be close behind. On
QOCS bounces back
QOCS has been called (by me) the gift that never stops giving. I anticipate that when the rules change, if