All articles by Michael Cross – Page 51
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News14% of firms say business growing in crisis
Global survey shows no indication that need for legal services has declined during the pandemic.
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NewsMore than 40 countries considering online justice
'Remote courts are here to stay,' says leader of information clearing house.
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NewsThinktank warns of mission-creep in Coronavirus Act
’Prolonged exposure to draconian regulations will normalise illiberalism’.
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News55% of leading firms do not have a month’s cash in the bank
‘Lean approach’ and enhanced partner distributions have left firms vulnerable to prolonged financial shock.
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NewsLand Registry relaxes ID rules for Covid crisis
‘Temporary changes’ also enable electronically captured wet signatures on deeds.
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NewsUK advocate general to sue over Brexit termination
Eleanor Sharpston QC says political decision intrudes on the autonomy of Europe's highest court.
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NewsHigh Court clarifies 'bad faith' trade mark rules
Ruling in SkyKick takes further the CJEU's judgment on trade marks filed as a weapon.
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NewsBurford upbeat despite 24% profit slide
Litigation funder's annual results are first since disruption of a 'meritless short attack'.
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NewsJudicial heavyweights call for 'breathing space' to save dispute resolution system
Post-crisis deluge of litigation could put system under strain - and increase uncertainties.
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NewsLegal services profits soar as Co-op claims UK market lead
Business 'well placed' to deal with current challenges.
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NewsAwareness of leading legal brands increasing, consumer research shows
Market survey shows clear interest in freelance solicitors - if they are cheaper.
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NewsSupreme Court ceremony is intimate - but distant
Lord Justice Leggatt was sworn in personally by the president, but behind closed doors.
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NewsProfits up 27% as Rosenblatt reports 'work proceeding as planned'
Listed City firm has had 'many new instructions' arising from the crisis.
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NewsNews focus: Bonzos group action sounds a bum note
As Sixties pop glamour came to the High Court, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band won a heated battle to protect its name. Now the case has sparked calls to close a trade mark loophole.
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NewsHong Kong lawyers’ arrests shock global profession
Martin Lee QC and Dr Margaret Ng among 15 veteran pro-democracy figures detained by authorities.
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NewsCrackdown on Turkey's human rights lawyers continues
European bar body expresses concern at judicial harassment.
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News1960s pop legends Bonzos see off court threats
Litigant in person criticised for ‘inadmissible opinion evidence, bare assertion and irrelevancies’.
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NewsCivil society groups take SRA’s top legal technology prizes
Projects to help vulnerable people receive final awards in Legal Access Challenge.
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NewsGovernments warned on rule of law during Covid-19 lockdown
States may derogate from European Convention - but will be answerable to the ECtHR afterwards.
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NewsChina could face Covid claims running into trillions
UK courts could hear claims over failure to follow international regulations, thinktank says.