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CANDEY IN THE NEWS…NO HALFWAY HOUSE TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE

10 February 2023
Roger Billins

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…

Funding claims for the SME client

22 August 2022
Roger Billins

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…

A WORD ABOUT LITIGATION FUNDING

10 August 2022
Roger Billins

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%…

To claim or not to claim

06 May 2022
Roger Billins

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…

London Lawyers and The Oligarchs

22 March 2022
Roger Billins

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…

TO MEDIATE OR NOT TO MEDIATE-THAT IS THE QUESTION

20 January 2022
Roger Billins

There is every likelihood that the Ministry of Justice review into mediation will result in some form of compulsion on parties to engage in mediation or some form of equivalent alternative dispute resolution. Unity is a big supporter of mediation,…

GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS ON FIXED COSTS REGIME

08 September 2021
Roger Billins

The Ministry of Justice has recently announced its intention to implement Sir Rupert Jackson’s proposals to extend the fixed costs regime from limited personal injury claims. The regime will extend to most civil cases worth up to £25,000 in the…