About ten years ago English litigation had an image change.   Out went aggressive tactics and court room bullying  and in came touchy-feely tecnniques like, “alternative dispute resolution” and ”case management conferences”.   Most litigators found it easy to get to grips with the new system, but The Boss isn’t ”most litigators”….

“It wasn’t like this in the good old days,” He tells me when I hand him an allocation questionaire.  “Men were men back then and opponents were crushed by the weight of my mighty reputation!”

If I had a pound for every time I have heard this I would have paid off my mortgage long ago.

“Really?” I play along.

“Absolutely.  It’s all namby pamby girly nonsense these days.   Look at this!” he gestures to the form. “We didn’t have to let the opposition know how many witnesses we had or what our costs estimates were.  Surprise was everything!”

Surprise, subterfuge and stealth.  The three S’s……..

“We bamboozled our opponents with surprise, subterfuge and stealth.  The three S’s!  They didn’t know what had hit em.”

”I bet.”

“Yes.  It was fantastic.  I won so many court battles I was known as: Alistair King Kong . ”

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