Published: 24/02/2023 16:17
Ian Besford was appointed as a District Judge in 1999 and a Regional Cost Judge in 2017. Before that he was a solicitor in private practice in the North East and principal of a cost drafting firm. He retired from the District Bench in April 2022.
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Francis J. A ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage.
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