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When a winner loses in litigation
When Winning Means Losing: The Hidden Cost of Refusing Mediation Rodoy v Optical Express Ltd [2026] EWHC 1486 (KB) A recent High Court costs decision demonstrates an increasingly important reality of modern litigation: even a successful party can suffer adverse costs...
An unfortunate inheritance dispute
The High Cost of Litigation Risk: Lessons from a Family Inheritance Dispute - Case of RobertChung By Peter Causton A recent report in the Daily Mail highlights the significant risks that can arise when family disputes proceed all the way to trial. The case concerned a...
Relationship Revolution
Long Live the Single Life? For generations, the legal position was relatively straightforward. If you wished to acquire the legal rights and obligations of marriage, you married. If you chose not to marry, you generally retained financial independence, subject to...