Litigation/Dispute Resolution

A law firm representing huge numbers of people with car finance mis-selling claims has accused lenders of “systemic obstruction”.

The Mazur ruling will have no impact on the work of the first regulated AI law firm as the technology is not conducting litigation, its founder has asserted.

The Financial Conduct Authority is not trying to discourage motor finance victims from seeking professional representation, a senior executive insisted last week.

The number of collective actions filed at the CAT has “collapsed” to only three this year, due mainly to the “chilling effect” of PACCAR, a report has argued.

Regulators should assure non-authorised people who may have inadvertently conducted litigation as found by Mazur that they will not face criminal prosecution or disciplinary action.

The collective action regime received a timely boost yesterday after a claim against Apple over its App Store became the first case to win at trial.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has granted the first public sector collective proceedings order, with the Home Office as litigation funder and largest class member.

A law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs after it cited two fictitious cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.

The government’s rejection of MPs’ call for an “urgent and comprehensive” review of the county court risks perpetuating a “dysfunctional” system, the justice select committee has warned.

Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the UK should get legal aid to defend themselves against SLAPPs, a report has argued, calling also for more action by legal regulators.

Competition Appeal Tribunal rules need to change so that a portion of unclaimed damages from collective actions go to charity when cases settle.

The Court of Appeal has given a lawyer the green light to challenge a decision to strike out his harassment claim against his former law firm.

The LSB is to review how all the regulators and representative bodies have “ensured that information on conducting litigation was accurate and reliable”, in the wake of the Mazur ruling.

A Liverpool law firm has hit back strongly after being criticised by a council which obtained a wasted costs order over its conduct of a housing disrepair claim.

An allegation that an old woman who owned a farm in Devon signed codicils under the undue influence of a solicitor “should never have been made”, a High Court judge has said.