Lunchtime webinar: Parallel Lines – the Government consults on Litigation Funding whilst the Court of Appeal forges ahead

Simon Browne KC

Simon is listed as a Band 1 Silk in costs and litigation funding. Having practiced in this field for over 25 years he is also recognised in the Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” for Costs Litigation. In addition to dealing with costs in commercial litigation and advising on litigation funding, Simon has a formidable reputation regarding costs in group litigation, be it for the claimant group or defendants. He has advised and conducted advocacy in the civil phone hacking litigation concerning News of the World and the Mirror Group, the Construction Industry Vetting Litigation, the Truck Cartel Claims in the Competition Tribunal, the Sub-Postmaster claims against the Post Office, the Iraqi civilian claims against the MoD, the Grenfell Inquiry, the Hillsborough misfeasance claims, and the Diesel Emissions Claims.

Simon drafts and advises extensively upon the enforceability of conditional fee agreements, damages-based agreements, litigation funding, and legal expenses insurance. He was an author of the Sweet & Maxwell Practitioner text on Costs between 2008 to 2018 and was appointed to sit as a barrister costs assessor in the High Court and on the Cost Committee of the Civil Justice Council.

Other areas of his current costs practice involve litigation funding by way of drafting and advising on retainer and funding documents, and commercial costs disputes involving multinational companies and high net worth individuals, both inter parties and solicitor-client.

Jake Loomes

Costs disputes form an inherent part of Jake’s busy court practice. He has considerable experience in matters relating to costs including:

• Interim applications
• CCMCs
• Obtaining ‘show cause’ wasted costs orders
• Advising on non-party costs orders
• Advising on enforcement of costs and the application of QOCS

He is well-versed with dealing with and advising on disputes involving fixed costs, including the new fixed recoverable costs regime.