All articles by Michael Cross – Page 108
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OpinionIn search of the Inns of Court trenches
A Chilterns common still bears scars of what lawyers did in the Great War.
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NewsNew European data protection law ‘on track’
UK certain to lose fight on form of new instrument, conference hears.
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NewsMinisters ‘shelve Land Registry sell-off’
Press reports say that the industry secretary has cancelled plans to turn the bulk of Land Registry into a commercial venture.
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NewsGrenadian wins LPC fight despite murder conviction
Selwyn Strachan had been sentenced to death in 1983 after a widely criticised trial.
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NewsRegistry presses on with land charges takeover
Changes to go ahead despite 95% opposition in consultation.
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NewsParliament to probe manorial rights
MPs to act after spate of applications to claim ancient rights to property.
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OpinionCharge of the land brigade
Land Registry has bent slightly to critics, but questions remain over its future.
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NewsBan lawyers giving tax advice, Tory MP urges
Amendment would make it a summary offence to propose an arrangement ‘which meets the definition of tax abuse’.
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NewsHuzar solicitor clashes with aviation regulator over Jet2 case
Civil Aviation Authority ‘wrong’ to say Court of Appeal decision does not apply to old claims.
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OpinionGrayling should embrace the fourth revolution
The lord chancellor’s Public Defender Service strategy illustrates the tendency of the state to grow, no matter what.
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NewsLand Registry shake-up to go ahead
Registry to take over local land charges and assume wider roles in run-up to part-privatisation.
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NewsGoogle bows to European court decision
Privacy specialists say web giant’s ‘right to be forgotten’ policy is a positive step.
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NewsMena litigants flock to London’s Commercial Court
Only 23.2% of all parties were British, showing a 48% overall decline since 2008, according to figures.
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NewsLegal clients suffer in silence, says consumer watchdog
Legal Services Consumer Panel says 44% of people dissatisfied with legal services do not complain.
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NewsReding claims direct backing of voters
EU justice commissioner elected to European parliament and says EU justice policies on course.
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NewsSociety to open web system to all conveyancers
Licensed conveyancers as well as solicitors will be able to use the Conveyancing Portal so long as they pass due diligence tests.
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OpinionForget me. Not.
Google court ruling anticipates an EU ‘right of erasure’ – to the alarm of many.
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News‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling alarms web
Court of Justice of the European Union upholds complaint against Google for links published by Spanish newspaper.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Lord Mansfield, Justice in the Age of Reason
Norman Poser, professor emeritus at Brooklyn Law School, tackles both the life and legacy of this 18th-century giant.
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NewsLand Registry leak points to political risk of privatisation
The future of the registry is under consideration by its Whitehall parent body, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.