Important Update On Fixed Fast Track Costs & Personal Injury Claims From 31st July 2013 Civil Procedure Rule 49.29 took effect resulting in Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) being applicable to any RTA/EL/PL claim that was submitted through the MOJ Portal on or after the 31st July 2013. Until such time, when a claim left the…
I know Chris Grayling is not a lawyer and that he is often criticised for his lack of legal knowledge and experience but he did a damn good impression of a top lawyer when he appeared today in Parliament to answer criticism of his reforms to the probation service, blamed by probation chiefs for two…
29th April 2013 I am writing today about this issue in the hope that you will support the cause and forward this information on to help in countering the government plans to radically overhaul the criminal justice system. Your support is essential if we are to maintain the finest legal system in the world and…
I love Bob Marley’s music, he is arguably one of the greatest singer-song writers of all time. His music is enjoyed irrespective of whether or not you feel any affinity to the message contained within. Bob wrote about the suffering of a people but his songs were never negative in their content. Rather, they were…
This is the first blog of what I intend will be many, setting out for the benefit of those I want to vote for me, what I will do if elected to the Law Society Council. For the first time in nearly 20 years in the law I have considered it appropriate that I stand…
