David Bailey-Vella
Costs lawyer
David Bailey-Vella is chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers (associationofcostslawyers.co.uk) & legal director at Pogust Goodhead (pogustgoodhead.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
Costs lawyer
David Bailey-Vella is chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers (associationofcostslawyers.co.uk) & legal director at Pogust Goodhead (pogustgoodhead.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
David Bailey-Vella weighs up WhatsApp, ‘the file’, & the modern realities of costs disclosure
David Bailey-Vella breaks down the costs budgeting light pilot
As he takes the reins at the Association of Costs Lawyers, new chair David Bailey-Vella reflects on imposter syndrome, breaking down barriers & surprisingly unrelaxing hobbies
Use of these assessments is on the wane, but a good understanding is as important to practitioners as ever, writes David Bailey-Vella
Has the delicate balance put in place by
Lord Justice Jackson toppled over? David
Bailey-Vella reports on the new landscape
for qualified one-way costs shifting
David Bailey-Vella analyses Roman v AXA Insurance
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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