NLJ this week: Mediation, costs & Rolls Royce drivers

Regan, of City Law School, aka The Insider, looks ahead to the 1 October fixed costs changes. Lawyers who want to beat the deadline had better get their skates on.

Regan writes: ‘Except for those handling lower value personal injury work, this costs model will come as a shock. Worse still, if the retainer is defective, there may be no costs to recover at all!’

Finally, if you thought the fraud in Philipp v Barclays Bank was bad, wait till you hear about the antics of solicitor Lord Terrington.