Litigation/Dispute Resolution

A leading City law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs in a maritime matter because it wrongly told the defendants that it was instructed by the claimant’s insurer.

A High Court judge has agreed to let 62 former Vodafone franchisees be represented by two law firms in their £85m claim against the mobile phone company.

The Law Society has yet to decide whether to appeal last week’s Mazur ruling, while the SRA is reviewing investigations that followed the High Court ruling.

The use of unqualified advocates by agencies has “the potential to undermine the integrity of the legal system”, a judge has ruled.

A City solicitor has invented free software that aims to make producing PDF court bundles hassle-free for lawyers and litigants in person alike.

The costs budgeting ‘lite’ pilots have proven popular with both judges and users in their first year, and are likely to be expanded, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice has revealed.

A dispute between a leading chambers and a barrister over £71,200 of contributions that he allegedly failed to make is set to go to trial later this month.

Troubled litigation funder LCM lost A$112m (£58m) in the last six months of 2025 due to two major case defeats and an adverse costs order in a third exceeding its ATE cover.

The CPS was left without counsel for a serious prosecution after a “failure in communication” between a barrister and the chambers she had recently left.

A High Court judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct over significant delays in handing down judgments in two cases – but cleared of using AI in drafting one of them.

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision in Mazur, holding that an unauthorised person can conduct litigation so long as they are under the supervision of an authorised lawyer.

The Court of Appeal ruling in Mazur is “a victory for CILEX members” but also for access to justice, consumers and the profession, the organisation has declared.

The FCA’s announcement of the redress scheme for motor finance claims has seen lawyers decry the impact on consumers and also predict it will be challenged in court.

The FCA has promised “robust action” against law firms and CMCs that engage in “sharp practices” around the finalised motor finance compensation scheme.

A law firm owner is suing a former probate executive she employed for defamation over reviews left on two websites, as part of a wider dispute that involves another solicitor.