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The chimes at midnight

The recent decision of Lord Dyson published on 28th July 2014 not to set new guideline…

Challenging ATE premiums

One of the areas of costs practice that has a little while to run yet despite the…

Litigation funding and the little guy

Can litigation funding play a useful role in increasing “access to justice” for the individual, as…

Biting the cherry one more time

Consider. A personal injury claim has been struck out for failure to comply with an “unless” Order. …

Wasted costs revisited

An interesting corollary, of the rise of QUOCS can reasonably be anticipated to be an upsurge…

QUOCS and Part 36

The post below is the text of a lecture delivered to the Association of Costs Lawyers…

Suing your solicitor?

One of the incipient developments of the next 12 months, must surely be a “mis-selling” scandal in…

The salmon run

Access to justice and angling make for unlikely bedfellows. For many people, including lawyers, the notion…

Interest and disbursements

Who pays for the disbursements incurred in a case? In a successful case, it will be…

Jackson One Year On

The text of this lecture was delivered at the Ropewalk Chambers Personal Injury Conference on 8th…