Fraser Barnstaple
I am a barrister specialising exclusively in costs and litigation funding.
My practice spans the full spectrum of Costs and Litigation Funding to include advice, drafting and advocacy in respect of all inter-partes costs disputes and solicitor-client disputes.
I have been instructed in a number of multimillion-pound costs claims, have appeared in the Court of Appeal and have built up a considerable and impressive level experience of detailed assessments (in the SCCO and the County Court), fixed costs determinations, CCMCs/CMCs, hearings involving the assessment of costs deductions from protected party’s damages, hearings in respect of solicitor-client disputes and a range of application hearings involving wasted costs, expert/agency fees, fixed costs challenges, relief from sanctions, QOCS and the setting aside of Default Costs Certificates.
Additionally, I have a busy paper work practice, and am regularly instructed to drafts costs pleadings, which include Points of Dispute and Replies, pleadings, advices, skeleton arguments and witness statements.
Prior to beginning my career at the Bar, I worked for over two years as a Senior Underwriter in the ATE legal expenses insurance and litigation funding industry. I remain a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, having obtained a Level 3 Certificate in Insurance (CII) qualification in August 2024 and therefore am well positioned to deal with matters which straddle an insurance and litigation funding crossover.