LawAssist is delighted to be associated with David Chalk, Head of Law at Winchester University
and a key contributor to 'Cook on Costs' and 'Butterworths' as well as being the author the renowned
'Risk Assessment in Litigation'.
David has taught law for over 25 years and is a board member of
the Commercial Litigation Association, member of the Minister's round table and a member of the
Department for Constitutional Affairs round table. David is also a regular speaker on the
circuit on all aspects of Law, costs, CFAs and insurance. David regularly produces e-Newsletters
and articles for LawAssist and the latest are listed below with further articles
available for download in the news archive section.
Improving Access to Justice Dec 08
Civil Justice Council Report on Contingency Fees 2008 - Read more
November/December E News 08
- Employers' Liability Policy "Trigger" Litigation
- R (Buglife) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation
- CJC - Contingency Fees A Study
- Lord Justice Jackson's review
LawAssist launch new product Nov 08
New product launch for Civil/Commercial cases - Read more
October E News 08
More wrinkles in both the CFA and the fixed costs arena are ironed out in the cases we take a look at this month. - Read more
LawAssist move to new offices Nov 08
LawAssist move to prestigious offices in the centre of the historic castle town of Arundel - Read more
September E-News 08
The case bag this month ranges from the important decision of the Court of Appeal to give sense to the Housing Disrepair protocol, through the exposure of ATE insurers to third party costs orders to a difficult case for solicitors recovering own costs from the client.
- Read moreJuly/August E News 2008
Two troublesome and recurring questions for this E-News:ATE insurance - must the solicitor search and review the market?
- Read more
LawAssist E News May/June 08
Part 36 in its new form, Part 45 success fees yet again and a consultation on pre-action protocols. - Read more
Press Release May 2008
DAS UK Group acquires LawAssist business - Read more
April E-News 2008
A mixed bag this month: failing to disclose Accident Line Protect interest; fixed success fees; exceeding costs estimates
Read more - Read more