Litigation/Dispute Resolution

The Legal Services Board, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and the Law Centres Federation have all been granted permission to intervene in next month’s Mazur appeal.

A group of media lawyers, including newspaper general counsel and KCs, have put their names to an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling for stronger anti-SLAPP provisions.

Some of the information provided to lawyers over the years about the conduct of litigation was not clear enough, the Legal Services Board has concluded.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning notice on the use of ‘no win, no fee’ agreements in high-volume consumer claims amid multiple concerns about their misuse.

The government has confirmed that it will introduce a new regulatory framework for third-party litigation funding – but what it will look like is not yet clear.

The legal services market will grow across all practice areas in 2026 for the first time since Covid, researchers have predicte, while a growing private equity presence is “a continuing theme”.

The Court of Appeal has described the costs claimed in a high-profile claim as “eye-watering even by Commercial Court standards” and urged a sampling approach to their assessment.

Consumers claims law firms will be sizing up the business energy claims market after the Supreme Court allowed a key appeal on undisclosed commissions by consent.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has decided against relaxing its conflict of interest rule for panel members and chairs, saying case-by-case recusals would not be a sufficient safeguard.

AI will “revolutionise” the way very large litigation cases are handled by allowing smaller firms to do the work, the chief executive of a Stafford-based practice has predicted.

Senior in-house lawyers and general counsel are most concerned about an increase in disputes relating to AI, and are increasing investment in their disputes teams, a report has found.

A London law firm has been ordered to pay costs to HMRC for the “dilatory and obstructive manner” in which it approached its challenge to a VAT demand.

The government has told the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority of the need for “tougher, more consistent regulation of conditional fee agreements”.

A national practice best known for its credit hire work has become the latest addition to the ranks of law firms owned by private equity.

The Lawyers in Local Government group is to seek “legislative clarification and reform” in response to the Mazur ruling, instead of intervening in the Court of Appeal