This case never ceases to surprise me! The judge recently awarded Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Mail, indemnity costs against the 7 claimants in the hacking case. Their legal team has put in a bill for £34 million. Words…

The we in question are litigation or, as we now like to be called, dispute resolution solicitors. When I am not directing the affairs of Unity Legal Solutions, I am a consultant to a firm of solicitors who class me…

Over the last 12 months there have been as many reported incidents of solicitors getting into trouble for relying on doing their research by an AI engine without checking their results. In the two most notorious incidents, The lawyers in…

I would not be surprised if the claimants in the phone hacking claim against the publishers of The Daily Mail are really hacked off and may not be too keen on their legal team. Unity does not practice in the…

You may have seen my recent Linkedin post about my recent mediation experience where I turned up with my client and the other side turned up mob handed with leading and junior counsel, law firm partner and associate. The case…

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…