Lies cost, as The insider, aka Professor Dominic Regan, reports in this week’s column
Regan, of City Law School, relays news of a rise in fundamental dishonesty pleadings, with devastating results for some less-than-truthful claimants.
Regan offers useful tips for readers on the latest literature to follow up on, including useful guidance from LeO, and a teaser for a future column!
He also discusses the important role of the senior costs judge—who is due to retire at the end of this month with his replacement still to be chosen—suggesting whoever does take over address the ‘dreadful’ delay in assessing bills of costs at the Court of Protection. Regan writes: ‘Apart from the frustration of slow payment for work done long ago, the delay can hinder the finalising of an estate where a protected party has died.’
