The Court of Appeal has ruled that the courts can compel parties to engage in ADR as long as this does not deprive a party to litigation to the right to trial. Unity welcomes this as a step in the…

Unless you have a real interest or you are an academic, do not read the decision of the Supreme Court. If you do read R (On the Application of PACCAR Inc and Others (Appellants) v CAT and Others (Respondents) (2023)…

I have already commented upon the knots the firm of Candey tied itself in in various cases when the aim of access of justice for a client through alternative means of funding came into conflict with the firm’s own interests.…

I live near Shipston, a small friendly town in Warwickshire on the edge of The Cotswolds.  At the end of 19th Century, a local businessman donated a large sum for the construction of a cottage hospital in the town and…

Candey Limited are a well-known London commercial law firm determined to take maximum advantage of the rules allowing conditional fee agreements/damages-based agreements to give better access to justice to claimants involved in commercial cases in the High Court. Over the…

I have spent most of my career as a solicitor in commercial litigation after a false start as a matrimonial lawyer. Mostly my clients have been individual entrepreneurs and SME companies and I have been lucky enough to follow the…

Litigation funding is now a growing and understood part of the business of dispute resolution. Claimants and their advisers understand the merit of a third party funding claims in return for giving up a large share of any award- ‘50%…

I advised a client who held a senior executive position that she had a very strong case for constructive dismissal , having been the victim of prolonged bullying by a director who was a representative of the shareholders. After a…

Certain London solicitors and, to a lesser extent, commercial barristers, are coming in for a lot of criticism at the moment for having acted for oligarchs who are Vladimir Putin’s know supporters and associates. For the most part, the criticisms…