Litigation/Dispute Resolution

Litigators who recover from clients substantial success fees not linked to individual risk must tell them other firms may charge less, the Legal Ombudsman has warned.

Nearly one in four general counsel have directly asked a law firm to put a woman or racially diverse lawyer on a litigation or arbitration matter, new research has found.

Expert witnesses, investigators, costs lawyers, insolvency specialists, translators and e-discovery firms have all agreed to join the UK’s first pro bono litigation support service.

A newly formed group of leading media lawyers has accused the Law Society of failing to represent its members’ interests in relation to SLAPPs.

A law firm which reduced its fees in an informal resolution of a client’s complaint brokered by the Legal Ombudsman could not later submit a higher revised bill.

A company in dispute with its litigation funders has failed in its bid to fortify their cross-undertakings in damages after arguing it wanted to use the contested funds to back litigation itself.

The Business & Property Courts will have to embrace digital processes and artificial intelligence if they are to maintain their international pre-eminence, the Master of the Rolls has said.

Artificial intelligence will have multiple uses for litigators, including helping with costs budgeting and validating advice to clients, a leading partner at Eversheds Sutherland has predicted.

A third of High Court claims succeed, while having a KC on your side does not boost your chances substantially, according to research for a new legal search engine.

The regulator of chartered legal executives has rejected warnings from barristers of a “deskilled” advocacy profession with a “third and lower tier”, if it goes ahead with granting higher rights of audience.