All Litigation articles – Page 20
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NewsLockdown legal challenge reaches next stage of litigation
Judge says lockdown restrictions raise ‘potentially fundamental issues’ around the role of ministers and judges.
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NewsPayday loan verdict opens the way for more legal action
Lender breached consumer credit rules, High Court finds in case brought by 12 claimants.
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NewsJudge loses race discrimination claim
District judge claimed to have endured harassment, direct race discrimination and victimisation after a complaint was made against him.
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NewsCourt rules £2.2m claim was abuse of process - but it lives on
Solicitors punished on costs after it was not made clear claim was unsuitable for low-value protocol.
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NewsHigh Court censures City firm for threatening respondent with jail
Remote working firm gunnercooke put ‘illegitimate pressures’ on respondent, says judge.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills under fire for Post Office advice
'Perverse' that HSF is overseeing the compensation scheme for former Post Office workers, says group of MPs.
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NewsJudge rails at lawyers’ ‘thoroughly disorganised’ case presentation
Parties warned they should not expect ‘indulgence’ of the court over late filing of evidence.
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NewsJudge bemoans 'general increase in hostility' in Commercial Court
Contempt case was presented in a 'heavy-handed, aggressively partisan fashion', Mr Justice Baker says.
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NewsDechert lawyers given more time to rebut kidnap allegations
Court told of ‘formidably long’ process for responding to accusations from jailed Jordanian lawyer.
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NewsJudge rebukes lawyers arguing through witness evidence
Scathing criticism of ‘substantially unsatisfactory’ witness statements submitted in tax fraud trial.
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News‘Slapdash’ Dechert partner misled the court but was not dishonest
A partner at international firm Dechert has changed evidence he gave to the High Court earlier this year after being accused of perjury by a Jordanian lawyer, who alleges he was tortured by the solicitor. Neil Gerrard, global co-head of white collar crime at Dechert, gave evidence to the High ...
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News‘Not fair’ for solicitor to serve claim forms on empty locked-down office
Court rules defendant did not have the chance to serve response to papers sent at height of crisis.
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NewsRemote hearings could become default in Commercial Court
Court has continued to function during lockdown accumulating almost no backlog of work.
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NewsHSBC faces £1.3bn group action over ‘sham’ Disney scheme
Claimants allege they were induced to invest in Eclipse Partnerships under false pretences.
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NewsRetailers secure Supreme Court victory against Mastercard
Supreme Court upholds decision that interchange fees restricted competition.
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NewsCity solicitor cleared of contempt over ‘panicked’ app deletion
Partner tells court he had a ‘serious lapse of judgement’ but was protecting his politician wife’s reputation.
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NewsMaster: It’s not for the court to decide bar’s reasonable earnings
Costs judge agrees that QC’s £1.5m for nine-month trial preparation was reasonable.
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News£1.5bn claim against Barclays opens at High Court
Bank faces civil claim from private equity firm over alleged deceit during the 2008 financial crisis.
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NewsFirm’s silence over mounting costs ‘a breach of professional obligations’
Costs judge says client was deprived of the opportunity to seek out cheaper alternatives.