All articles by Michael Cross – Page 42
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NewsEnvironment Agency prosecutor wins libel damages
Senior solicitor suffered 'groundless and upsetting attack on his integrity'.
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NewsBegum's right to fair hearing is not a trump card, SC rules
Justices find that, where public safety makes it impossible to hear a case, proceedings must be stayed.
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NewsIBA chief hits out at 'sustainable development' measure
Concern at recommendation for governments to regulate lawyers in line with 'the demands of sustainable finance and the public interest'.
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NewsSotoudeh: Speak out on Iran executions
Human rights lawyer writes to the United Nations from her prison cell.
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OpinionAn oven-ready specimen of judicial over-reach?
If the prime minister is looking for excuses to curb public law activity, he has been handed one on a plate.
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NewsNews focus: Is it time for a common law rewrite of GDPR?
European Commission approval for the ‘adequacy’ status of our data protection laws has been welcomed by the government. But is the UK making the wrong choice of regimes?
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NewsRelief as EU deems UK data protection laws ‘adequate’
Draft European Commission decision follows nearly a year of 'constructive talks'.
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NewsCovid measures a template for ‘worse law’, former government legal chief warns
New regulations 'are not subject to any parliamentary scrutiny before they come into force and, typically, very little afterwards'.
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NewsViews sought on blockchain dispute resolution rules
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce opens consultation on disputes arising from new digital technologies.
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NewsMarkle judgment warns against ‘Micawber’ tactics
Courts should grasp the nettle of summary decisions, top media judge rules.
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NewsWho should fall? Global bar enters statue debate
Global task force reports on three-year study into contested histories in public spaces.
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NewsNews focus: Back to basics on protecting lawyers
Not associating lawyers with their clients is a UN basic principle, but this has not stopped the demonisation of those merely discharging their duties.
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NewsRussia and Turkey dominate ECtHR workload
UK subject to lowest number of judgments per head of population in 47-member Council of Europe.
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NewsBarclays revamps legal arm with shared platform adoption
Banking giant aims to standardise the way it works with panel firms.
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OpinionHooray for Sir Geoffrey's funnel vision
An integrated online civil justice system could be good news for access to justice - and for the nation.
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NewsPress privacy case heads for Supreme Court
News service appeals ruling that person under investigation but not charged has a 'reasonable expectation of privacy'.
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NewsRemote hearings must be public Queen’s Bench guide stresses
High Court’s largest division 'working under conditions that would have been unimaginable a year ago'.
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NewsDebt and part-time jobs: barristers ‘at breaking point’
A quarter of respondents taking on outside work as income collapses.
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NewsGlobal bar body backs ‘genocide amendment’
MPs to vote on measure linking trade policy to human rights.
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NewsECHR departure not on agenda, says rights review chair
Independent inquiry 'has no pre-conceived answers’ and encourages ‘widest possible range of views’.