All articles by Michael Cross – Page 4
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NewsConsumer group opens new CAT claim against Amazon
International firm Stephenson Harwood applies for collective proceedings order on behalf of 45 million 'opt-out' claimants.
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NewsLitigation funder could buy stakes in US firms
Investment in 'managed service organisations' could avoid state bar bans on non-lawyer ownership.
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NewsLegal sector revenues continue to outperform economy
Revenues were 7% up on June 2024, official statistics show.
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NewsProfits recover at Eversheds as top firms report mixed results
Two international firms report results in year marked by 'geopolitical complexities and uncertain market conditions'.
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News'Combative and constantly argumentative' claimant's libel case dismissed
Article about 'street agitator' who 'exacerbated frayed tensions' was substantially true, judge rules.
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NewsAI to be embedded across justice system
Action plan includes ’partnerships with legal serices providers and regulators to support AI driven legal innovation’.
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NewsLand Registry invites deeds signed electronically
Removing the need for a third party to witness the execution of a deed creates 'greater flexibility and simplicity'.
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NewsIn focus: Has geopolitics trumped legal nuance on sanctions?
Lord Leggatt's dissenting judgment in Shvidler case bemoans 'serious invasion of liberty'.
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NewsSpecialists welcome new arbitration regime
Arbitration Act clarifies position on applicable law and creates summary dismissal procedure for hopeless cases.
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NewsMrs Justice Cockerill to be deputy head of civil justice
Announcement follows appointment of Lord Justice Birss as chancellor of the High Court.
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NewsIn depth: Open justice - Commercial Court documents go public
In a boost for open justice, Commercial Court documents will have to be made public from October. Anxious litigators are assured that ‘genuinely confidential’ material will be redacted.
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NewsSupreme Court judges clash over sanctions appeal
'Extraordinary' dissenting judgment condemns an 'Orwellian... serious invasion of liberty'.
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NewsProfits dip on flat revenue at Kingsley Napley
Firm reports 'year of consolidation and transition' paving the way for new growth plans.
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NewsCommercial case documents to be made public this year
Commercial Court will require material considered by the judge to be critical to the understanding of a case to be made available.
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NewsMagic circle firms report record year
Clifford Chance and Linklaters report profits and turnover increases on back of growth in the US.
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NewsLynch estate ordered to pay £700m following Autonomy trial
Quantum judgment had been delayed by 'three extraordinary events', judge explains.
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NewsPEP tops £3m at Macfarlanes
International firms report strong 2024-25 profit and turnover growth.
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NewsCounty court centralisation a disaster, MPs report
‘Dysfunctional’ system has failed to deliver civil justice across England and Wales, Commons committee says.
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NewsIn depth: Starting gun fired on digital justice revolution
The advent of the OPRC marks the start of a ‘groundbreaking and genuinely transformational’ migration to digital justice, master of the rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos said this week. But there is a distance to travel yet.
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