My regular reader of this blog knows I have been following the Jackson review of costs over the past 18 months or so. Lord Jackson has issued his response to the consultation paper issued by the Ministry of Justice  in November last year (if you want to add your response you’d better hurry, the consultation…

The Law Society Gazette has reported that APIL has “walked out” of the mediation negotiations organised by the Civil Justice Council to try and reach agreement over the fixed fees for all fast track cases. John McQuater, President of APIL is quoted as saying ‘We are simply not prepared to play poker with the civil…

Rosa Dickinson of St Philip’s Chambers writes in this months PI Bief Update on the decision in Jones v Attrill [2008]. Challenges were made to a number of Conditional Fee Agreements on the basis that the solicitors had an interest in a particular policy because they were members of the Accident Line Protect scheme and so…

When I deliver training on mediation to lawyers I am often asked “Can I recover the costs of a mediation?” Well the simple answer is yes – unless you agree otherwise! In National Westminster Bank v Feeney Master Campbell said “It is common ground that mediation costs are, in principle, recoverable as costs of the…