All articles by Michael Cross – Page 60
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NewsUnique IDs proposed for court users
'Robust' data collection needed to show reforms are working.
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NewsJudges go online to explain their modern mission
Free five-week course in partnership with King’s College London aims to boost confidence in the judiciary.
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NewsIBA 2019: Ex-PM urges profession to expose its 'brilliant jerks'
Attitudes are changing, but 59 countries still have no legal protections against sexual harassment in employment.
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NewsProsecution witness lawyer’s assassination shocks Netherlands
Derk Wiersum had been acting for a prosecution witness in a gangland murder trial.
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OpinionHousing crisis: turning NIMBYs into WIMBYs
Planning system has been captured by groups most opposed to new housebuilding.
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NewsLegal charity intervenes in Miller Supreme Court appeal
Prime minister accused of 'law-making by executive order' as hearing opens today.
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NewsSociety urges long term approach to justice technology
Duplication of effort illustrates need for shared solutions to shared problem statements, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsWhiplash lawyer demise ‘good news’ says listed credit hire firm
Integrated claims services provider Anexo announces 60% jump in half-year profits.
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NewsNews focus: Signature moves
Law Commission confirms electronic signatures are valid and admissible as evidence in proceedings, while backing Law Society warning on lasting powers of attorney.
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NewsFunder defies litigation market uncertainty with Vannin acquisition
Buy-out by New York investment manager follows Vannin's decision to abandon London Stock Exchange flotation.
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NewsHong Kong campaigner wins top human rights award
‘Father of democracy’ among lawyers honoured by International Bar Association.
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NewsSRA doubles cash for innovation challenge
After receiving 117 entries regulator finds extra £250,000 for more awards.
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OpinionPowers of attorney should not be granted at a click
Law Commission backs Law Society's warning on digital applications.
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NewsElectronic signatures legally valid, Law Commission confirms
'Accessible statement of the law' clarifies that deeds may be signed online - but urges caution on lasting powers of attorney.
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NewsEuro lawyer-listing site throws cash at UK launch
Online lawyer-finder plans to spend £800,000 on digital marketing, says Qredible general manager Barry Vickery.
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NewsShares slump at beleaguered Burford
Shares in litigation funder were trading at half their July value last week.
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OpinionHow a Clifford-Turner partner was first to fall
Eighty years ago today, City solicitor John Noel Isaac became the first Briton to die in active service in the second world war.
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NewsBurford faces class action by investors
New York firm Rosen invites investors in litigation funder to join lawsuit.
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NewsCall for code of practice to oversee machine learning in policing
Problem is not the absence of regulation but its diversity and lack of specificity, academics say.