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PJ Kirby KC

PJ Kirby KC

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Gatehouse Chambers

Gatehouse Chambers

England - London Bar

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Costs and litigation funding

Gatehouse Chambers’ members possess ‘a wealth of knowledge’ in costs and litigation funding matters, with the set providing expertise in complex appellate cases, drafting DBAs and Litigation Management Agreements, as well as assisting litigation teams on applications for security for costs. Specialising in Damages Based Agreements and Litigation Management Agreements, PJ Kirby KC has recently been instructed in a large group action, Aabar Holdings & Others v Glencore PLC & others, to give advice relating to costs sharing, security for costs, costs management and funding issues. Robin Dunne has acted for Coleen Rooney in Vardy v Rooney, a case concerning a £1.8m costs bill and novel issues regarding the relevance of a budget to an indemnity basis costs order. In Pan-NOx Litigation, Martyn Griffiths is acting as sole counsel for BMW and has been involved in costs budgeting, funding disclosure, and security for costs.
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+44 (0)20 7691 0044
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gatehouselaw.co.uk

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Work Department

Commercial dispute resolution; costs; banking, finance and credit; civil fraud; employment; professional negligence.

Position

PJ has enjoyed a long and successful career at the Bar having previously been a partner in a Holborn firm of solicitors. He took silk in 2013 – the only costs specialist to do so that year.

PJ’s practice covers costs litigation, commercial dispute resolution and professional negligence. Recommended by the legal directories for his "great knowledge in relation to complex,cross-border, multi-party-funded litigation", he is instructed by a wide range of solicitors from City firms to High Street practitioners. As well as cases in England & Wales PJ has appeared in the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in relation to the legality of CFAs and in the DIFC in Dubai and much of his work has an international dimension.

PJ is recognised as an expert in the field of costs and is often instructed on appeals in relation to problems over retainers, CFAs etc. He is also often instructed to draft bespoke DBAs, CFAs or CCFAs for firms of solicitors.

PJ sits as a Deputy District Judge and is a Bar Council appointed High Court costs assessor. PJ is also an ADR group accredited mediator and is on the Costs ADR (CADR) panel of mediators.

Career

Qualified 1989; solicitor Supreme Court 1983-89; deputy district judge; barrister assessor in costs appeals. Formerly a partner in a firm of Holborn solicitors.

Silk: 2013

Memberships
  • Employment Law Bar Association
  • Employment Lawyers Association
  • Commercial Bar Association
  • London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
  • Professional Negligence Bar Association
  • London Court of International Arbitration
  • British Insurance Law Association
Education
  • L.B. (Hons)
  • Former Solicitor
  • Deputy District Judge
  • Barrister Assessor on High Court Cost Appeals
  • ADR Group Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator
  • Costs ADR (CADR) panel of mediators

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Testimonials

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  • ‘PJ brings a commercial lawyer's experience to the intricacies of costs disputes. He is a fine advocate as he works out the best points and makes concessions where appropriate so as to get the focus to focus on the important issues.'