All articles by Michael Cross
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News'New law needed' to safeguard human rights from AI
Potential for mass harm means regulation should take 'precautionary approach', says parliamentary committee.
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NewsWoodville owes £300 million. It has £255,000
Directors have 'yet to answer basic questions on the use of investor funds', administrators’ statement of proposals reveals
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NewsGrowing apart: differences in English and Welsh law fill 38 pages
It is no longer safe to assume that laws are uniform across both nations, Law Society practice note warns.
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NewsModerniser Briggs to be fifth Supreme Court president
Judge who recommended the establishment of an online court will take up his new role in January.
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OpinionGround in a slow mill: farewell to Chancery?
The new Business and Property Division will remove the last vestige of Dickens' Bleak House court. In theory.
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NewsDigital ID would face 'significant challenges'
Despite three decades of experience, UK is ill-prepared to create digital identity verification.
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NewsIn depth: Inside the Woodville scandal
The collapse of an obscure litigation funder has sent shockwaves through the UK’s legal and financial sectors, exposing investors to ‘life-changing’ losses through unregulated loan notes.
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NewsNo date yet for PACCAR legislation
Government accused of breaking a 2024 promise to introduce a bill to reverse unintended effects of Supreme Court ruling.
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NewsDecade-long saga ends with ENRC-SFO settlement
'The SFO is a fundamentally different organisation,' says director of legal services following announcement.
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NewsMinister promises to look at SRA’s anti-SLAPP powers
Government has 'begun to take the stepping stones' towards comprehensive legislation against abusive litigation.
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News‘No reliable estimate’ can be made of collapsed funder’s portfolio
Administrators investigating allegations that Woodville used money raised to meet promises to previous investors.
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NewsConsultancy created by ex-SRA executives branches into financial services
Legal sector clients increasingly need one adviser fluent in both rulebooks, founders say.
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OpinionThis Woodville scandal is going to be huge
Failed litigation funder seems to have raised £390 million from investors. Many seem to be regretting it.
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NewsCollapsed litigation funder named in FCA warning on loan-note scams
Failure of Woodville Consultants Ltd, 'shows the potential risk to investors'.
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NewsRevealed: Doomed Woodville founders' last-ditch fundraising bid
Directors were attempting to raise investment funds through 'digital loan notes' via a separate company as funder went under.
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NewsMapping data deal 'will help transform property market'
Memorandum of understanding will 'help shape a more connected, digitally enabled property market over the next three years'.
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News'Mr Mediation' Karl Mackie dies at 79
CEDR founder was a highly influential figure in the development of alternative dispute resolution.
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NewsCosts ruling 'would blow the small claims track to bits'
Court of Appeal overturns judge's cost penalty for 'unreasonable behaviour' by claimant.
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OpinionA nuclear life on the ocean wave
Are we really poised to enter a golden age of maritime nuclear power? The idea looks far-fetched.
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NewsClyde profits slip against 'volatile' geopolitical backdrop
International firm now has 74 offices in 32 countries.