My first Law Society Civil Litigation Section Conference as chair took place on 21 April 2016. As soon as Lord Justice Jackson accepted the invitation to address us as the keynote speaker, I knew that the conference would be high profile. I was right. Continue reading
“Clients, I know, want two inconsistent things. They want confident advice on which they can act, and they want cautionary advice about the risks of doing so. It is a solicitor’s unhappy lot to have to try to satisfy both requirements simultaneously”.
So said Sedley LJ in Queen Elizabeth’s School Blackburn v Banks Wilson Solicitors. Continue reading
Costs budgeting has just had its third birthday. That birthday has been celebrated not with candles, but with the 83rd CPR update. Continue reading