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Qualified one-way cost shifting—recent caselaw and practice

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Published on: 29 March 2021
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PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, barrister at 1 Chancery Lane, examines how qualified one-way cost shifting (QOCS) operates in practice by considering recent case law and developments.

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