All Courts business articles – Page 136
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FeaturePII: aggregation of claims
A Commercial Court judgment on an SRA clause relating to liability limits in PII claims could affect solicitors and insurers alike.
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NewsUnion fails with employment tribunal fee challenge
Court of Appeal says evidence was not presented to prove fees prevented meritorious cases being brought.
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NewsSociety: lobby your MP over court closures
Law Society produces campaign pack as government consults on shutting one-fifth of the courts estate.
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NewsMcKenzie friend jailed for £5,000 fraud scheme
Fraudster targeted victims who had been denied legal aid funding.
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NewsRise in divorce cases signals mediation failure
Number of new private law cases has risen year-on-year for the third month in a row, figures from Cafcass show.
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NewsRyanair faces £610m claims bill after losing test delay case
Airline had argued that passengers agreed to two-year period of limitation in the terms and conditions.
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NewsWide scope for review of civil court structure
The lord chief justice and master of the rolls ordered the review last month.
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NewsJudge dismisses LIP's bid to get solicitor jailed
High Court finds litigant in person culpable of ’abuse of process’.
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NewsDefendants 'venue shop' for more lenient sentence
Law Society calls for magistrates to be trained in applying sentencing guidelines.
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NewsJudge criticises LAA over translation costs
Legal Aid Agency was invited to clarify its position in relation to document translation costs.
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NewsInsurer takes dishonest £135k settlement case to Supreme Court
Court of Appeal restored full award after Zurich had successfully reduced it to £14,720.
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NewsInfographic lays bare impact of court closures
Law Society seeking views and case studies on government plans to close 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
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NewsEnforce family court orders but don’t jail debtors – Society
Chancery Lane calls for more streamlined process for ensuring creditors are paid.
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NewsU-turn over GPS tagging cost in family case
Ministry of Justice agrees to make an exception in funding the cost of providing electronic tagging in family proceedings.
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NewsCourt dismisses £30 data request for firm files
Judge rules it would be disproportionate to demand that Taylor Wessing must search for non-privileged data.
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NewsCPS issues ‘revenge porn’ guidance
Prosecutors being given details of cases brought so far since legislation was introduced in April.
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FeatureCourt-appointed experts?
Could experts appointed by the court help to speed up catastrophic injury claims?
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NewsAction day 36: Legal Aid Agency gathering data
Agency reportedly contacting firms willing to cover Crown court cases with unrepresented defendants.
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NewsCriminal court charges ‘trapping’ penniless suspects
Howard League says it is unfair to impose charges on poorest people convicted of minor offences.