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Mr Matthew Waszak
Career
Matt specialises in all aspects of costs litigation and litigation funding, as well in costs-related professional negligence and commercial work.
He is sought after by clients in high-value cases and those involving complex and novel points of law. He is regularly instructed in high-value between the parties costs cases, in solicitor and own client cases and in disputes concerning the application of fixed costs. He is often brought into major litigation, including commercial litigation and group litigation, to advise on and represent parties in relation to specific costs issues. He advises solicitors on a broad range of litigation funding issues. His clients range from market-leading solicitors through to government departments, police forces, local authorities and individuals.
Education
Brasenose College, University of Oxford: BA (History)
City University, London: Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Costs
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Matthew Waszak – 4 New Square ‘Utterly brilliant. Matthew knows costs inside-out and gives clear, practical and strategically savvy advice.’
Offering a ‘costs team that is second to none’, 4 New Square Chambers continue to be the pre-eminent set in this area, offering an unparalleled depth of expertise at both silk and junior level and regularly appearing on significant Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases. Nicholas Bacon KC has recently acted in BSV Claims v Bittylicious Ltd and others, a major CAT class action and the UK’s first crypto-related collective proceedings, with the claim of collusion alleging to have caused close to £10bn in losses. In Belsner v Cam Legal, Benjamin Williams KC led George McDonald , with the pair successfully appealing to reverse the High Court’s decision that solicitors were subject to fiduciary duties when negotiating their own terms and business, entitling solicitors to deduct full reasonable costs from lower value personal injury claims. Both Robert Marven KC and Matthew Waszak acted in AKC v Barking, a significant test case before the Court of Appeal regarding the information bills of costs must contain in order to comply with CPR requirements. Theo Barclay, being led by Bacon KC, represented the Danish Customs and Tax Administration in the highly publicised SKAT litigation, where the costs bill in favour of the defendants on the indemnity basis totalled £46m.