Litigation/Dispute Resolution

A judge has warned litigants in person that, like lawyers, they need to take personal responsibility for the use of AI in drafting court documents.

Creation of the Business and Property Division next month will provide a larger pool of judges and “opportunities to look at how we do things”.

A law firm was negligent in its advice on one aspect of the purchase of investment property but this was not the cause of the client’s loss.

Tom Goodhead, who was ousted last year as the boss of Pogust Goodhead, is leading efforts to wrestle control of the case away from it, he confirmed yesterday.

The government cannot allow a two-tier system where City law firms are at the cutting edge of AI use while the courts are “stuck in the analogue age”, said minister Sarah Sackman.

An Oxford doctoral student with no legal training is celebrating using AI to bring a successful claim against energy provider SSE over a defunct electricity meter for which it tried to charge him.

Pogust Goodhead has claimed the first victory in its battle for control of the Mariana Dam litigation after the High Court rejected a request for a stay by the solicitors looking to take it over.

Pogust Goodhead is seeking a court declaration that would deny the legality of the notice purporting to terminate its retainer for the Mariana Dam litigation.

The lawyers and funders of a collective action against Google have agreed to accept payments totalling £100m, some £34m less than they are entitled to, to help settle the claim.

The government yesterday continued to stonewall on when litigation funding reform would happen, citing the need to find “a new legislative vehicle” to take it forward.

The number of claims lodged at the county court in the second quarter of this year was the highest since the Ministry of Justice started publishing quarterly statistics in 2009.

An extraordinary row broke out yesterday over whether Pogust Goodhead has been replaced as the solicitors bringing the Mariana Dam case.

The Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid to appeal a ruling that cleared defendant law firm DWF of data protection breaches.

A £3m liability cap in a law firm’s terms of business was unreasonable under the Unfair Contract Terms Act, the High Court has held.

A solicitor has been struck off for creating letters to mislead both his opposite number and his own firm in a bid to cover up his failure to acknowledge service.