After 6 years of campaigning, first of all to stop the construction of the Bridge and then to seek to make somebody accountable for the gross waste of £43 million of public money, it is time to archive the files…
GARDEN BRIDGE
We are pleased to report that the crowd funding website, CrowdJustice has raised over £5,000 to enable Unity to instruct Jason Coppel to investigate the culpability of various public bodies who seem to us to have failed in their job…
COURT SLASHES £25K COSTS FOR SUPERFLUOUS Q.C.
This was a headline from the Law Society Gazette from 23 July 2019. In a case called Timokhina v Timokhin, The Court of Appeal reduced counsel’s fees for a hearing about who should pay the costs of the substantive hearing…
BAD BREXIT NEWS….
Bad Brexit news….the Paris Commercial Court is to recognise common law decisions and to publish its decisions in English and French. This will be a big challenge to London’s dominance.
LITIGATION FUNDING-AN OVERVIEW
There is no doubt that litigation funding is beginning to revolutionise the litigation market but has still a long journey to make before there is anything like equality of arms between a wealthy litigant and a party with more limited…
CONFUSED ABOUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE?
It is very common for non-lawyers to use the term “without prejudice” on legal letters for no other reason than they feel they should. This is not surprising given the mystique that has surrounded the law for so long but…
ONE OF MY RESOLUTIONS FOR 2018 IS NOT TO GET SO ANNOYED AT BUREAUCRACY
One of my resolutions for 2018 is not to get so annoyed at bureaucracy or the behaviour of fellow professionals. It achieves nothing other than to increase my blood pressure. The worst blood pressure raisers for 2017 were: The…
I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC LAUNCHING OF UNITY LEGAL SOLUTIONS
I am pleased to announce the public launching of Unity Legal Solutions, a company which offers a broad range of legal services other than actually giving legal advice, including finding the right lawyer for a client, project management, litigation funding,…
ONE OF THE HATS I WEAR IS AS NON EXEC DIRECTOR OF BAIRD & CO
One of the hats I wear is as Non Exec Director of Baird & Co, precious metals refiners and dealers. Big debate about gold and bitcoins , both of which are currency with no intrinsic value. Difference is that you…
