Litigation/Dispute Resolution
Solicitor blasts “greedy” funder for Mastercard settlement opposition
An extraordinary war of words has broken out between the solicitor and funder involved in Walter Merricks’ landmark collective action against Mastercard over its proposed settlement.
Pioneering collective action settles subject to tribunal approval
The groundbreaking collective action brought against Mastercard has settled, subject to approval by the Competition Appeal Tribunal, it was announced yesterday.
“Blurred distinctions” as legal aid solicitors do their own advocacy
The distinction between solicitors and barristers is becoming increasingly “blurred” in civil legal aid cases as solicitors do their own advocacy, research for the government has found.
Minister sets out government’s vision for future of civil justice
The government would like to see more pre-action initiatives like the Official Injury Claim portal as part of its vision for the future of civil justice, minister Heidi Alexander said today.
Public “increasingly positive about class actions”
Members of the public are more aware than ever about class actions and more positive about their outcomes, research has found.
Carr hits out over civil digitisation and criminal court sitting days
The Lady Chief Justice yesterday complained to MPs about the government’s decisions to reduce the digitisation of civil justice and limit sitting days in the criminal courts.
Tribunal “copied most of ruling” from one side’s submissions
A judge has strongly criticised an employment tribunal that copied most of its reasons from the respondent’s witness evidence or written submissions.
Pre-action reforms offer exemption from post-issue mediation
Parties that engage in formal pre-action dispute resolution should be exempt from any mandatory requirement to mediate post-issue, the Civil Justice Council has recommended.
Judge blasts City firm’s “disgraceful” and “improper” conduct
A judge has condemned the London arm of a US law firm for sending a “disgraceful” letter to a competitor of one of its clients.
Retired judge to front collective action against Google
A retired deputy High Court judge is set to front a collective action worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search advertising.
Blog
How does the legal profession become neuroinclusive?
My learning journey as mum to an autistic son with profound additional needs completely changed the way in which I work as a child protection lawyer.
The real cure for inequality at law firms? Listening
How can men, as one male panellist put it, “get out of the way of people coming up through the ranks?”
Most of these conversations only happen after the men leave the room.
Andy Burnham and the Hillsborough Law: should solicitors be worried?
Now that Andy Burnham has become prime minister, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, otherwise known as the Hillsborough Law, will receive a real boost of political capital.
