Pillars index
The six themes organising the next stage of Craig Cornick's publication platform.
These pillar pages turn the site into a connected body of work. Each one gathers essays, shared arguments, and adjacent pages so visitors can move from biography and media coverage into deeper search-relevant reading tied to the governing brief's six publication themes.
Internal-linking model
The archive now has a clearer logic: the homepage links into Writing and Media, Writing links into the six brief-aligned pillar hubs, each pillar links into essays, and the footer reinforces those canonical paths across the site.
Home → Writing archive → Pillar page → Essay detail
About / Speaking / Media → related pillar hubs
Footer → canonical links to writing hubs and authority pages
Themes
A clearer thematic map for both readers and crawlers
Each pillar is written as a crawlable entry point into a coherent subject area defined by the governing brief rather than a tag page with thin content.
Litigation Finance
Litigation finance as legal infrastructure
This pillar gathers Craig Cornick's writing on litigation finance as a structural capability rather than a niche capital product. The through-line is that funding changes which matters can be pursued, how risk is organised, and what durable legal infrastructure looks like in practice.
Themes
7 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
The PACCAR problemWhat commercial litigation funding actually doesHow to evaluate a litigation funderMotor Finance Redress
Motor finance redress and the next UK compensation wave
This pillar covers how discretionary commission arrangements evolved, how compensation is likely to be structured, and where scheme design and litigation economics diverge.
Themes
6 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Discretionary commission arrangements: how we got here and what comes nextThe motor finance Supreme Court ruling, decodedThe FCA redress scheme is the floor, not the ceilingLegal AI and Technology
Legal AI and technology built from operating reality
Craig's legal AI writing is anchored in case progression, intake, workflow pressure, and delivery economics. The recurring argument is that useful legal AI emerges from operating discipline rather than presentation-layer hype.
Themes
7 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
The Operator View of Legal AIWhat Legal AI Actually Changes in Case ProgressionThe Billing Paradox: Why Hourly Rates and AI Do Not MixLegal Asset Management
The legal asset management thesis
This pillar groups the thesis-led writing on legal businesses as assets: how ownership, acquisition, data, regulatory structures, and operating leverage interact across the sector.
Themes
7 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
The legal asset management thesisLaw firms as acquisition targets: who is actually buyingWhat is an alternative business structure, properly explainedConsumer Duty and Regulation
Consumer Duty, regulation, and legal-market boundaries
The governing brief gives regulation its own pillar because Consumer Duty, SRA rules, and perimeter issues increasingly shape legal operations, product design, and remediation economics. This section is where those arguments sit together.
Themes
7 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Consumer Duty, properly explainedThe four Consumer Duty outcomes, in practicePrinciple 12: what it actually meansClass Actions and Collective Redress
Class actions and collective redress at UK scale
This pillar is the brief's home for collective-redress writing. It covers how group actions are structured, how opt-in and opt-out models differ, and how funding and execution determine whether mass claims become actionable.
Themes
6 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Class actions in the UK: what you actually need to knowThe Group Litigation Order, explainedOpt-out versus opt-in: the class action structural choice