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Sir Rupert retired from the Court of Appeal in 2018 after 20 years as a judge and now works from 4 New Square as a mediator and arbitrator.
Sir Rupert speaks to City Law Professor and NLJ columnist Dominic Regan about life on the bench and beyond, in the latest NLJ webinar on lawyers who make a difference. As a young barrister, Sir Rupert specialised in professional negligence, co-authoring the first textbook on the subject, and developed a practice in construction law. As a judge, he was introduced to several new fields of law, including murder trials and judicial reviews. He also provides a fascinating insight into the daily life of a Court of Appeal judge.
It is for his civil costs reforms, however, that Sir Rupert is best known. These reforms, implemented by the government in 2013, have transformed civil litigation. Here, he discusses the process and influences behind his radical proposals, which extend to costs budgeting, sanctions, hot-tubbing, fixed recoverable costs and other reforms.
Click here to watch the webinar in full.
