All articles by Michael Cross – Page 2
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Government backs SLAPPs legislation
Measure will create a new dismissal mechanism for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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Non-parties to get more access to court documents
Proposed amendment to Civil Procedure Rules will require parties to provide copies of skeleton arguments and witness statements.
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Iran death-row lawyer jailed for three months
Defender was charged with 'propaganda against the state' and 'membership in groups opposed to the state', campaign group says.
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Opinion
AI will come with a jagged edge
Identifying jobs that lend themselves to automation is neither obvious nor easy.
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News
National firm on minimum wage shame list
Austin Kemp Solicitors says isolated incident took place in 2016.
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SRA scores top marks from super regulator
Solicitors’ regulator gets a double ‘green’ rating for sufficiency - though assessment period misses the Axiom Ince debacle.
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City firm boosts NQ pay as sector defies recession
Newly qualified solicitors at Norton Rose could earn up to £168,000 with bonus following review.
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'Unacceptable in its entirety': Nigerian lawyers to fight UK trade deal
Nigerian Bar Association 'will not allow any incursion into our legal space', president says following announcement of Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership.
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News focus: Generative AI - law students call for guidance
Law students and academics need guidance on how to discern whether AI applications ‘pass the smell test’. A roundtable in Leeds heard that a ‘massive education programme’ is needed.
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'I was a complete arse' to my solicitors, bitcoin 'inventor' tells court
Dr Craig Wright tells court of 'yelling and screaming' at his legal team in the run-up to 'Satoshi identity' trial.
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Quarter of lawyers 'regularly use' generative AI
Nearly two thirds of firms have already made changes to their day-to-day operations, according to UK survey.
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Emotional dysregulation alert in bitcoin identity trial
Computer scientist who claims to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto' began giving evidence today.
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'Satoshi identity' hearing draws a worldwide audience
Some 400 people have received permission to watch hybrid Rolls Building proceedings remotely, judge reveals.
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News focus: bitcoin ‘identity’ dispute comes to court
Dr Craig Wright explains why he has faith in the British legal system as he prepares for Monday’s High Court showdown.
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Unmanaged illegal migration brings rule of law into disrepute - Chalk
'We are in a global contest of ideas, a contest between rule of law nations like ours and those who offer an authoritarian alternative.'
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Opinion
Labour's great lord chancellor
Richard Burdon Haldane was in the thick of almost every major political and intellectual debate of the day.
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News
Nothing 'inherently improper' about using AI, barristers told
Risks of generative AI systems include anthropomorphism, hallucinations and information disorder, Bar Council warns.
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BT landline group claim opens in CAT
More than 150 elderly claimants in competition case are 'dying every day', representative says.
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Iranian lawyer’s IBA plea: ‘help stop executions’
Voice call from Iran was heard at International Bar Association Human Rights Institute event to mark the Day of the Endangered Lawyer.
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Legal privilege: appeal court defines iniquity exception in Dechert case
Ruling is latest judgment in long-running litigation over international firm’s former conduct in the Middle East.