Practice Areas

Jeremy Morgan QC

Jeremy Morgan is best known for his work in the field of Costs which represents the largest part of his practice. Most of his advocacy is appellate, much of it relating to funding arrangements under the Access to Justice Act.  His advisory work covers all aspects of his practice: in particular he advises on all types of funding arrangement, on the structuring of retainers and on whether costs arrangements comply with the rules and are commercially workable.

He was one of the Assessors to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs.

Jeremy's other main fields of work are solicitors' discipline and regulation as well as solicitor's negligence, often where the issues of negligence overlap with those of costs.  In 2009 he defended five of the six partners facing the longest ever Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal case, securing the dismissal of all the serious charges against them.  He regularly advises firms contemplating new structures on compliance with the regulatory regime.

Recommendations

Both the Legal 500 and Chambers recommend Jeremy for Costs and Professional Discipline work, with the Legal 500  consistently ranking Jeremy as the only silk in the top rank for Costs work.  He is also recommended for costs in Legal Experts.

Quotes

"confident all-round lawyer" Chambers & Partners 2010
"Mr Costs' .... without a doubt the leader of the pack" Chambers & Partners 2010
"ability to liven up a dull case," Chambers & Partners 2010
"Mr Costs", "the first and only point of reference for costs", "a lawyer of enormous gravitas who commands the judge's ear." Chambers & Partners 2009
"the star of the costs Bar" Legal 500 2009
"a silk with a modern approach - he has a flexibility and informality about him that goes down a treat before professional disciplinary tribunals." Chambers & Partners 2009
"pre-eminent" and "very strong on costs issues" Legal 500 2008
"pioneer of specialist costs work... head and shoulders above other silks" Legal 500 2005
"Morgan tends to win cases he should lose."   ... "the pre-eminent silk in this area; as an ex-solicitor he has unique insight into this complicated field, which affords him "refreshing level-headedness and approachability." ...he has a bank of knowledge and experience that is impossible to match."

Appointments

Assessor to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs: 2009
Appointed to the Panel of Barrister Assessors in Costs Appeals: 2000
Made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1998
Jeremy sat on the Treasury "B" Panel: 1997-2003

Significant Cases

Brewer v Secretary of State for Justice, [2009] EWHC 987 (QB)
Roach and Matthews v Home Office [2009] 3 All ER 510, 25 February 2009, [2009] EWHC 312 (QB)
Tankard v John Fredericks Plastics Ltd - Fawcett Old Ltd and another v Hibberd - Jones v Attrill [The Accident Line Protect test cases], 1 January 2009, [2009] 1 WLR 1731; [2009] 4 All ER 526
Kilby v Gawith, 1 January 2009, [2009] 1 WLR 853
Jones v Wrexham Borough Council, 19 December 2007, [2007] EWCA Civ 1356; [2008] 1 WLR 1590
Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Withers, 23 November 2007, [2007] EWHC 2733 (Ch); [2008] 3 All ER 417; [2009] 1 WLR 881
Garrett v Halton BC; Myatt v National Coal Board (CA), 18 July 2006, [2007] 1 All ER 147; The Times 25th July 2006; [2007] 1 WLR 554
Naomi Campbell v MGN Ltd (HL), 20 October 2005, [2005] UKHL 61; [2005] 1 WLR 3394; [2005] 4 All ER 793; [2006] 1 Costs LR 120

Articles

Third Party Funding - Legal Aspects (Jeremy Morgan QC, March 2008)
Playing by the Rules (September 2006, Jeremy Morgan QC)
Costs Updater (July 2006, Jeremy Morgan QC)
Costs (July 2006, Jeremy Morgan QC)
Conditional Fee Agreements - Campbell v MGN (November 2005, Jeremy Morgan QC)

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