Francis Kendall

Costs lawyer

Francis Kendall, is a costs lawyer at Masters Legal Costs Services LLP & a council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)

Costs lawyer

Francis Kendall, is a costs lawyer at Masters Legal Costs Services LLP & a council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)

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A recent case underscores that best practice is to only make receiving party Pt 36 offers on discrete & significant issues, says Francis Kendall

Francis Kendall shares some shocking statistics from the 2018 ACL conference survey

What has Herbert taught us about setting success fees & implied or informed consent? Francis Kendall explains

Francis Kendall explains how judges may need to rethink how they assess costs following May v Wavell

Trivial, serious or significant? Francis Kendall reviews recent excuses for breaches & shares the consequences

Master Marsh has made two important decisions on the approach to budgeting for the price of one, says Francis Kendall

Computers cannot & should not replace the experience of practitioners & the judiciary, says Francis Kendall

The threshold for an award of costs in the small claims court is high, but not insuperable as Francis Kendall explains

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Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

Partner joins commercial and business litigation team in London

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Legal Action Group set out 2026 events calendar

The Legal Action Group (LAG)—the UK charity dedicated to advancing access to justice—has unveiled its calendar of training courses, seminars and conferences designed to support lawyers, advisers and other legal professionals in tackling key areas of public interest law

NLJ this week: Mandelson, Epstein & the court of popular opinion

As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’

NLJ this week: Volunteers, promotions & perilous appeals

Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’

NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’ enough?

Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’

NLJ this week: A deferred prosecution reprieve

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline

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Francis Kendall

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler