All articles by Michael Cross
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NewsTribunal backlog could hobble Fair Work Agency, Society warns
New body brings together three agencies 'to ensure employment rights can be enforced more effectively and efficiently'.
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NewsLawtech programme wins three-year extension
Competitive process to award £4.5 million in new funding will be launched in due course, MoJ says.
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NewsIn depth: Gaming tokens 'theft' case stakes out new legal terrain
A landmark case on the alleged theft of gold gaming tokens stakes out more legal ground on the unfamiliar terrain of digital assets.
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NewsReform bids to mobilise legal allies
Special interest group's first task is 'outreach into legal community' as it aspires to ditch Blair reforms, launch event hears.
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NewsBiggest civil fraud trial concludes with £177m award
After 11 years, 1,800 pages of judgment and £120 million in claimant costs, the curtain falls. At least for now.
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NewsClearer guidance needed on AI harms - Society
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce prepares statement on liability for physical and economic damage cause by autonomous systems.
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NewsUncertainty as government parks AI copyright reform
Plans to allow widespread ‘data mining’ to train systems are ruled out in the face of trenchant opposition.
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News'Whac-a-Mole' solicitor's negligence claim struck out
Judge finds claimant in dispute dating from 2019 repeatedly failed to complete a compliant trial bundle.
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NewsJudge makes first 'statutory SLAPP' declaration
Claimant's behaviour in Dan Neidle case was 'not recognisable as properly conducted litigation'.
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NewsRule of law is good for growth - but hard to prove
Relationship between robust legal institutions and economic growth is more complex than often assumed.
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OpinionIran: why this war feels personal
Memories of old Tehran - and tentative hopes for the future.
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NewsClass action champion Merricks pulls out of rail fares case
Competition Appeal Tribunal orders solicitors to provide details of any replacement class representative.
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NewsTrump abandons attempts to punish law firms
US Justice Department drops efforts to appeal court rulings finding executive orders unconstitutional.
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NewsAsylum reforms 'stand in tension' - Law Society
Home secretary makes refugee status subject to review every 30 months.
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NewsAI pioneer brands 'probabilistic' tech as unsuitable for law
Use of generative artificial intelligence in legal services has come under attack - from the founder of an AI-based law firm.
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NewsWitnesses and experts could be required to come clean on AI
New rules by the Civil Justice Council propose that reports submitted to court may need to be accompanied by declarations they are not generated with artificial intelligence.
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NewsLammy unveils Courts and Tribunals Bill
Lord chancellor promises 'serious reform and practical modernisation to get cases heard faster'.
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NewsHousing troubleshooter to chair Office for Legal Complaints
Richard Blakeway picked to succeed Elisabeth Davies in April.
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NewsIn depth: Supreme Court delivers 'bombshell' ruling on software patents - or does it?
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling on the patentability of computer software is certainly bold, but experts doubt that it will lead to the erection of IP barriers around the digital economy.