The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, implementing the Jackson reforms, has cleared the Commons and will now go to the House of Lords.
Lord Justice Jackson, in a written lecture, said:
“Lawyers leave no stone unturned when it comes to arguing about costs”
I think this is something of a generalisation. I would never dream of running anything but the strongest of arguments.
As for all the others I come up against in court…
Lecture can be read here.