Commission considers consumer class action regime
Government-sponsored project will seek views on benefits and risks of a new jurisdiction run at 'proportionate cost'.
Recoverability of costs
Arbitration.
Planning and the appearance of bias
Local government.
Why Angel is a procedural landmark
Mass consumer claims.
Boardroom reshuffle at Payne Hicks Beach
Chair steps down after seven years during which income and profitability have surged at 256-year-old firm.
Payne Hicks Beach toasts record growth and profits
Venerable Lincoln’s Inn outfit whose partners include feared divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton is growing rapidly amid a strategic overhaul.
Veteran solicitor struck off after misleading client for years
Harrow practitioner tells tribunal it would be a ‘blessing’ no longer to run a small law firm.
Axiom Ince administrators sue former accountants
Claim for professional negligence over collapsed firm filed with the commercial court.
Do good buildings make good law?
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'International Law and Architecture'.
Accessible guide to navigating ESG maze
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Directors’ Duties, ESG and Sustainable Strategies'.
Data overload
We’re not quite into the ‘silly season’, even though the first coils of tumbleweed are drifting across the legal media beat.
Firm sees off £50m negligence claim over property development
Deal collapsed because of commercial reasons rather than any legal errors, High Court finds.
Stagger implementation of commonhold, Society advises government
Chancery Lane says members will need time to update systems and upskill to correctly advise on new form of home ownership.
Minster makes another swoop as PI market narrows further
Chief executive says PI market requires specialist discipline and sustained investment.
Rogue ex-solicitor who abandoned clients must pay £92,000 and indemnity costs
Mesh claim practitioner was found to have ignored his duties to court with no reasonable explanation.
