All articles by Michael Cross – Page 24
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NewsUncertainty mounts as partner profits slip at US firms
Slowing demand, falling productivity and inflation among ‘multiple headwinds’ faced by partners.
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NewsIran hangings followed sham trials, say rights campaigners
Islamic Republic 'using executions and lethal force against street protesters to instill terror in the hearts of the population.'
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NewsUK 'destination of choice' for mass actions
Value of class action claims over breaches of competition law rose six-fold last year.
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NewsCovid loans secrecy is in the public interest, tribunal rules
Appeals by anti-corruption campaigners dismissed.
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NewsMetamorph collapse: website set up to help clients
SRA reveals scale of intervention into six firms that were part of Metamorph Group.
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NewsNew data-sharing powers proposed for identity scheme
'Single sign-on and identity checking solution' will end the need to produce identity documents, Cabinet Office claims.
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NewsFirst KC round for 70 years - just one solicitor makes the grade
Nine legal figures become honorary KCs - including professor Richard Susskind - as 2022 silk round is announced.
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News‘Dr Bitcoin’ to face court over alleged embargo breach
Ruling follows master of the rolls' warning about contempt proceedings.
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NewsKafka's law? Government defends need to withhold detention details
It may not be appropriate for a person detained on national security grounds to know the case against them.
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NewsRaab: Rights bill is ready to go
Lord chancellor defends measure amid speculation about government’s appetite for reform.
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NewsCity firm sounds alarm over 'foreign influencer' register
Proposed law risks creating 'burdensome bureaucracy for law abiding friendly and useful foreign engagement'.
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OpinionFusion works - but will lawyers let it?
Breakthroughs have been hyped before. But that doesn’t mean that this time around it’s not for real.
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NewsData tribunal declines to consider 'broader context'
Information rights tribunal dismisses appeal against council's refusal to supply conservation area data.
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NewsHuman rights focus for ex A&O partner's startup firm
Practice will advise corporate clients on international law and ESG compliance.
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OpinionTruth matters in court reporting
A welcome ruling confirms the value of the contemporaneous shorthand note.
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NewsCrypto duty ruling ‘could affect millions’
Court of Appeal hears 'without doubt, the most significant' digital assets case to come before the courts.
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NewsLegal sector revenues still growing, City reports
Top 100 law firms have grown by almost 50% in the past decade.
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News'New Britain': Labour plans to protect 'basic social rights'
Commission on UK's Future chaired by Gordon Brown also proposes legislative scrutiny role for Supreme Court.
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NewsDefence crowdfunding 'exacerbated' libel damage
Defendant's 'whole attitude to these proceedings... has been one of contempt', judge rules.
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NewsSheikh and fakes: 159-page judgment probes Asian 'antiquities'
High Court finds misrepresentation but not fraud by London dealer in $4.9m claim.