Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7564

Re GP Aviation Group International (in liquidation) Ltd Williams v Glover and another [2013] EWHC 1447 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 41 (Jun)

Bamgbelu v General Dental Council [2013] EWHC 1169 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 02 (Jun)

Mengiste and another v Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray and others [2013] EWHC 1087 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 32 (Jun)

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 642, [2013] All ER (D) 81 (Jun)

Even the greats can learn lessons from their heroes, as Geoffrey Bindman explains

Costs judges cannot treat costs as being reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within an approved budget, the Court of Appeal has said.

A poll of costs lawyers has revealed increasingly negative predictions for the post-Jackson era.
 

The European Court of Human Rights has a queue of more than 120,000 cases waiting to be heard, including 3,000 cases against the UK alone.
 

 Modern market in legal services demands "transparency & flexibility"

Indemnity status quo expensive for lawyers & consumers