Litigation/Dispute Resolution

Two City law firms acting for the defendants in a £150m class action have been rebuked by the Competition Appeal Tribunal for writing directly to class members.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is now investigating 29 cases where law firms might be involved in SLAPPs, it revealed yesterday as it issued a warning notice over such abusive litigation.

EasyJet’s latest effort to cut out solicitors from flight delay claims has failed, after the Court of Appeal found shortcomings in its automated system.

The government has delayed the extension of fixed recoverable costs for most money cases worth up to £100,000 by a further six months to October 2023.

Crowdfunding judicial reviews has raised over £9.1m in donations for 413 cases, an academic analysis has revealed. The financial reality of bringing a typical claim was “incredibly burdensome”.

There is no general rule that the identity of those instructing solicitors on behalf of a corporate client is protected by litigation privilege, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Half of expert witnesses would refuse to act in “highly contentious” matters, such as those involving transgender issues, a survey has found.

The estimates solicitors are required by their professional rules to give to clients should form the basis of costs budgets, the deputy head of civil justice has argued.

Companies are three times more likely to have to sue their insurers for not paying out a claim than they were just five years ago, ground-breaking research has found.

HMCTS should develop a single digital portal where the public and media can access “full information on court proceedings, court documents and any other relevant information”, MPs said today.

A commercial barrister has designed an app designed to involve everybody in a complex case so they can work collaboratively on a single document from start to finish.

Checkmylegalfees came out fighting yesterday in the wake of the Court of Appeal’s criticism of its business model, pledging to keep on “holding solicitors to account”.

The possible end of court challenges to solicitors’ deductions from damages and reform of how bills are assessed are the headlines from today’s Court of Appeal ruling in Belsner.

The High Court has denied rights of audience to a disbarred barrister jailed for a bomb hoax at the London Olympics, which would have allowed him to represent a prisoner in habeas corpus proceedings.

Two barristers have joined forces with a top American civil trial lawyer to launch a group action law firm that aims to replicate his success in the US over here.