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Costs and unallocated cases
From time to time, part 36 offers are made and accepted in respect of unallocated claims which…
Spring Lecture Tour
Already the diary is filling up for the first few months of next year, and so,…
A new model for group litigation
This summer has seen the conclusion of a number of group actions, including the RBS Rights…
Creative accounting
In the last few months I have been undertaking an increasing number of detailed assessments where costs…
Costs budgeting 2017
On 16th October 2017 I am speaking at the Law Society Commercial Litigation Conference in Chancery Lane…
Hard times
The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 amongst other horrors, provides a set of convoluted provisions for remission of court…
The Imitation Game
QUOCS (or QOCS as some term it) is one of the more sensible aspects of the LASPO…
Your flexible friend
An interesting and potentially lucrative area of work for practitioners in the field of consumer rights can…
Loathsome reptiles
One of the few intangible benefits of the Credit Crunch and subsequent recession, was to make…
Non party costs and credit hire
One of the other areas of work that keeps me busy, is credit hire. The gift…