Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School examines the consequences of failed litigation strategy, from the Duke of Sussex's unsuccessful claims against Associated Newspapers to investors in a collapsed wine investment scheme who recovered little after turning down a £3.175m Part 36 offer.
Regan says the latter case again highlights 'the folly of ploughing on when a significant pile of cash was on the table'.
He also reflects on a summer of change across the legal landscape, welcoming Sir Colin Birss as the next Master of the Rolls while noting the end of the Chancery Division and a reshuffle of the government's senior law officers.
Meanwhile, the multimillion-pound costs dispute arising from the Duke's litigation could yet produce another landmark ruling.
