Litigation/Dispute Resolution

A leading provider of outsourced services and consultancy to the insurance industry has launched its own law firm to handle litigated disease, illness and abuse claims.

The Court of Appeal has granted CILEX permission to appeal against the Mazur judgment, saying it “raises an important point of practice”.

While fake cases generated by AI has become a problem for courts around the world, a judge in the US has faced the next frontier: deepfake videos submitted as evidence.

A solicitor has failed in his appeal against a rebuke imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for failing to comply with court costs orders.

A bid for summary judgment over a law firm paying out £1.5m it was holding in escrow has failed because the underlying agreement was “a classic example of muddled drafting”.

The High Court has given a struck-off solicitor rights of audience to represent companies of which he was only made a director for that purpose.

A judge has decided against referring a solicitor to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for citing two fake cases generated by artificial intelligence.

A barrister who has had to argue the Mazur ruling from both sides in recent weeks has highlighted the different approaches courts are taking.

The High Court has granted summary judgment to a KC accused of negligence in the way he drafted the particulars of claim against a law firm and a firm of property agents.

The High Court has comprehensively rejected a law firm’s application for summary judgment brought on the basis that it was not a successor practice for a negligence claim.