Getting real

I have neglected this blog in recent months, as my time has been spent elsewhere. But…

The uses of adversity

So Trinity Term draws to an end and the Long Vacation beckons. A very long one…

The lion sleeps tonight

How quickly the year is passing. We are in the dog days of the year. Each…

Fixed costs and interpreters’ fees

Roughly 50% of the credit hire trials I have fought, have involved the claimant giving evidence…

The undiscovered country

QOCS like so many areas of costs litigation, could be described as the gift that never…

QOCS and the man

In terms of recent trips to the Court of Appeal, I am winning 4-0. I do…

Costs Orders, discontinuance and credit hire

A recent case I had some involvement in, concerned the interesting scenario where a major insurance…