SLAPP campaigners call for ‘objective’ test in new law
Current definition involves a 'notoriously difficult, time-intensive, expensive and uncertain process', lawyers and journalists state.
Design of the times: Aldi fails in appeal over gin-based liqueur bottle
Offenders on community orders will be required to report name changes
Commission calls for evidence on crypto disputes and electronic trade documents
Unmanaged illegal migration brings rule of law into disrepute - Chalk
Firm loses appeal against costs assessment over £54,000 will bill
M&S wins High Court battle over flagship store
Planning law.
Fraud case roundup
White-collar crime.
Testing for bias in arbitration
Civil procedure.
Pastures new for solicitor who spent 60 years at same firm
Patrick Burstall, 80, joins another legal practice after six decades at the firm founded by his father in 1946.
Firm made 'serious error' over oppressive private prosecution
Private prosecution specialist tried to ‘put a gloss’ on client’s ulterior motive, judges find.
SRA to update SLAPPs guidance following file review
Law firms need 'checks and balances' when instructing third parties such as PR firms and private investigators, regulator says.
The week in 60 seconds - digested news
A round-up of the week’s news.
Reaching a tipping point
In-house ethics.
‘Tell, don’t ask’: how in-house lawyers should treat their employers
In-house lawyers must defy their law school training when it comes to behaving as leaders.
Bar to progress
Social mobility remains the Cinderella of the diversity and inclusion industry.
Letters roundup: 12 April 2024
A small win over insurers, Chris Mullin’s moral obligation and a retirement charge: your letters to the editor.
Church of England steps into leasehold reform debate
Bishop of Manchester argues charities should be exempt from the abolition of marriage value.
PLAG shoots from the HIP
Tension simmers in residential property sector over best way to speed up home buying and selling process.
The week in 60 seconds - digested news
A round-up of the week’s news.
Fixed costs in clinical negligence claims set for October
Draft rules yet to be published but officials working towards autumn date.