Matthew Waszak

Practice Areas

Matt specialises in all aspects of costs litigation and litigation funding, as well in costs-related professional negligence and commercial work.

Matt 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 regularly appears in the Senior Courts Costs Office and before Regional Costs Judges, as well as in appellate proceedings on points of appeal.

He is regularly 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

Career

Brasenose College, University of Oxford: BA (History) (2010)

City University, London: Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction) (2011)

Called to the Bar (2012)

Eastham Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2013)

Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2011)

Lord Bowen Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2010)

Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn (2010)