Litigation/Dispute Resolution

A judge who interrupted a claimant 52 times during cross-examination acted inappropriately, the Court of Appeal has held. It accepted he was trying to help the claimant.

A new initiative launching next month aims to provide a stream of funding for public interest cases which “clarify the law” and are unsuitable for crowdfunding.

The High Court has rejected the appeal of a former client of a leading City law firm against a decision that he has to pay its outstanding fees of £417,000.

The widespread use of online source Wikipedia by senior judges could mean fake information spreading, leading to bad judgments, research has warned.

The number of civil mediations has hit 17,000 a year, 3% higher than the pre-pandemic level, while mediators are ready and willing for mediation to become compulsory for sub-£10,000 cases.

The Supreme Court has let down both the profession and clients by refusing to hear two cases on solicitors’ rights brought by a specialist London law firm, its managing partner has argued.

The UK sanctions regime does not block the courts from entering judgments in favour of a party on the sanctions list, the High Court has ruled.

A City firm’s solicitors can be given “need-to-know” designation under the law of Mozambique to assist with disclosure in a $2bn Commercial Court claim.

The National Archives, which took over as the immediate online publisher of senior court judgments last year, failed to publish judgments in over a quarter of cases in its first three months.

A High Court judge has struck out a Russian businessman’s committal applications against two City law firm partners, describing them as “totally without merit”.

The High Court has rejected an application to begin contempt proceedings against a solicitor over what it said was a simple error in a witness statement.

The High Court has ruled that a circuit judge should not hear any more of a claim against HSBC because his own relationship with the bank raised the risk of apparent bias.

A law firm which released nearly £1.3m in deposits for off-plan flats in a failed development in Liverpool did not breach its contract with the buyers, appeal judges have ruled.

The Ministry of Justice is to launch a “wide-ranging” call for evidence on open justice, access to information and transparency across the courts and tribunals.

A bank’s solicitor may owe a duty of care to the seller of the property when filling in Land Registry paperwork to change the register, the Court of Appeal has ruled.