More news from the front line. It now takes about 10-15 working days for the Admin Court to issue a JR Claim. meanwhile, HMRC sit on £1.8 million of the client’s money. At a time when HMG should be encouraging…

It seems Uber’s in house counsel has resigned over the sensational news that Uber kept quiet for months over the hacking of their system and the hacker’s access to the personal data of millions of customers and drivers. It appeared…

More on my saga with the Central London County Court. at last 2 months after the case was transferred from the High Court, we now have a directions hearing on 28 April-nearly 6 months away. Next unpleasant task-tell the client…

More nonsense from the front line ! I have clients who are involved in highly contentious proceedings in the Derby County Court, which are themselves part of a much bigger picture. The Claimant’s solicitors forgot to pay the court fee…

The High Court has demanded that further cuts be made to costs of over £1.6m claimed by Eversheds, overruling a costs judge. Mrs Justice Slade said the amount claimed by Eversheds from litigation client Mark Harrison was 4.8 times higher…

Interesting for all those lawyers thinking of taking up the role of NED   VISIT

The Ministry of Justice announces that they are opening a new fraud and cyber crime court in the city at a time when justice is slow, unresponsive and almost non-existent in many county courts. In his infinite wisdom a Chancery…

​Interesting legal analysis of the Brexit Bill VISIT

​There is something very wrong when something near £50 million is spent on a project and then abandoned. I am of course talking about the garden bridge. I would be very interested to see how the money was spent and…