Litigation/Dispute Resolution
Million consumers make car finance mis-selling complaints in a month
More than a million complaint letters over mis-sold car finance have been sent through consumer help website MoneySavingExpert.com in little over a month.
SRA investigates after-the-event insurance fall-out from SSB collapse
The SRA is investigating why after-the-event insurers have not paid out on policies arranged by the collapsed SSB Group and whether it shows a wider problem with ATE.
Class actions firms join forces with US support
Class action law firms Keller Postman UK and Lanier Longstaff Hedar & Roberts have merged to create a specialist practice called KP Law.
Chalk to publish legislation overturning PACCAR ruling
The Ministry of Justice will today lay out plans to overturn last year’s Supreme Court ruling that rendered most third-party litigation funding agreements unenforceable.
Judge says he was misled by “fabricated” £74m arbitration ruling
A High Court judge has set aside an order he made to enforce a £74m arbitration award after discovering that both the arbitration agreement and ruling were fabricated.
Litigator who misled client, firm and court about cases struck off
A solicitor who lied to her institutional client, her employer and the court to cover up her failure to progress cases has been struck off.
High Court reverses circuit judge’s decision to reduce costs budget
The High Court has taken the unusual step of reversing a circuit judge’s decision to reduce a costs budget, finding she “closed her mind to any argument” based on a comparison with the other side’s.
Litigant misled court over response from other side’s solicitors
A litigant in person who made a ‘without notice’ application to move property transactions to completion, blaming the other side’s solicitors for not replying to him, mislead the court.
Firm that enforced litigation non-compete clause goes after funders
The law firm that won a Supreme Court ruling enforcing a non-compete undertaking given by another is also suing the litigation funder which worked with that firm, it has emerged.
High Court removes arbitrator who pre-judged expert evidence
The High Court has removed a sole arbitrator it found had pre-judged the merits of a dispute because he said he knew and would believe the expert witnesses one side had put forward.
Court brands conduct of ex-Linklaters partner as “reprehensible”
A High Court judge has branded as “reprehensible” the behaviour of a former Linklaters partner in failing to return the $25m he was asked to invest on behalf of a Saudi princess.
Hundreds of police officer data breach claims struck out
Hundreds of police officers who brought data breach and misuse of private information claims where their pre-issue costs alone were £1.2m have seen their claims struck out.
Lawyers question effectiveness of new anti-SLAPPs law
The government last week backed a private member’s bill aimed at extending the new law on SLAPPs beyond economic crime to all types of litigation but lawyers have expressed concerns.
Completion of court modernisation programme delayed yet again
The court modernisation programme – which was originally meant to have concluded in 2020 – has been extended once more, with elements of it ditched as well.
Bott & Co teams up with CMC to boost car finance mis-selling practice
Leading consumer law firm Bott & Co has become the latest to step up its focus on car finance mis-selling cases, unveiling a “strategic collaboration” with a CMC.
Blog
Does the Lloyd review mark the end of the Legal Services Act?
The Legal Services Board often generates eye-rolls and irritation from the leaders of the frontline regulators it oversees and of the representative bodies attached to them.
A familiar story?
There is no doubt that the rising cost of clinical negligence claims deserves attention. However, the system’s true cost driver is often not the claim itself.
When AI becomes a line on the client’s bill
On 23 June, Legora changed how it charges. The platform announced that its most capable product was moving away from a flat per-seat licence fee to consumption-based pricing
