All articles by Michael Cross – Page 13
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NewsLegal team rebuked in run-up to marathon 'Satoshi' identity trial
'Unfortunate that Dr Wright’s team did not engage more constructively with my requests and attempts at active case management,' judge observes.
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News‘Veil of secrecy’ to be lifted over trust ownership of land
Consultation proposals include ‘maximalist approach’ of making all information public by default.
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OpinionThe end of Susskind?
It’s fashionable to sneer at futurologists - but look at what the lord chief justice’s IT adviser got right.
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NewsSusskind steps down from adviser role after 25 years
Futurologist and author has provided IT advice to six successive lord chief justices, starting with Lord Bingham.
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NewsHogan Lovells partner to be City watchdogs’ watchdog
Rachel Kent to begin five-year stint as financial regulators complaints commissioner in January.
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News'Persons unknown' order granted against crypto fraudsters
'It would be a reproach to the common law were it not to demonstrate sufficient resource and flexibility to afford a remedy,' judge observes.
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NewsHitler partly to blame for 2021 blast damage, Court of Appeal confirms
High Court judge was correct to back insurer's refusal of liability for loss 'occasioned by war' - even though war ended 76 years previously.
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NewsClaimant firms hail 'turbo charge' for dieselgate hearings
2024 'will be a year of reckoning for any manufacturer that cheated emissions tests', group litigation leader says.
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NewsMoJ to move 50 civil service jobs to Wales
Wrexham is the main Welsh beneficiary of the latest acceleration in the Places for Growth relocation programme.
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NewsDon't shun careful use of AI, judges told
Technology 'can and will' help create an efficient and accessible digital justice system, master of the rolls says.
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NewsAI hallucinates nine ‘helpful’ case authorities
Judge accepts that appellant was unaware citations provided by ‘friend in a solicitor’s office’ were fabrications.
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NewsNew solicitor general named in Jenrick resignation shuffle
Barrister Robert Courts MP takes up the portfolio as Michael Tomlinson KC MP moves to Home Office.
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NewsHudgell latest to take employee-ownership route
Founder to transfer majority of shares in national firm to an employee ownership trust.
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NewsJudge dismisses Dyson's libel claim against Mirror
'Screw the country' was honest opinion and did not cause serious harm to domestic appliance innovator, court finds.
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NewsAcademics warn of risk from ‘inversion SLAPPs’
Even where the motivations of clients and funders are altruistic, lawyers should 'exercise independent judgement', report for LSB states.
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NewsSolicitors on government's list of ‘AI impacted’ jobs
Lawyers - along with management consultants and accountants - may wish to retrain as roof tilers.
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NewsSRA to charge two firms over ‘abusive litigation’
Regulator defends lack of action on SLAPP cases nearly two years after warning on conduct of disputes.
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NewsErosion of state immunity in spotlight as £37m salvage case reaches Supreme Court
South African government is attempting to strike out claim for salvage of silver from wartime wreck.
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NewsNews focus: Meet the claims firm boss who owes $1bn
Collective action firm Pogust Goodhead can take on huge cases – thanks to big loans. While founder Tom Goodhead confides that potential $1bn debts keep him awake at night, he is relishing the fight.
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NewsMPs call for free court transcripts for victims
Open letter to justice secretary proposes amendment to allow victims and bereaved families to request transcripts free of charge.