All articles by Michael Cross – Page 75
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OpinionTories should be the natural party of justice
Through serial incompetence, the Conservatives have allowed the left to set the rule-of-law agenda.
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NewsLord chancellor welcomes lord chief with a dash of Kipling
Welcoming speech stresses ancient rights ‘unnoticed as the breath we draw’.
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NewsPrice transparency proposals 'encouraging' says super regulator
Regulators’ action plans provide ‘sufficient starting point’ for transparency reforms.
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NewsTop 20 firm takes on 33-strong Slater and Gordon team
BLM announces that 11 partners are among those joining commercial advisory practice today.
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NewsNews focus: How big data is transforming legal practice
If data is the new oil that will fuel the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, how can solicitors best exploit it to provide market-leading legal services?
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NewsData law: don't expect a soft start, lawyers warned
General Data Protection Regulation will be enforced from day one, says information watchdog.
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Green cost caps ruling
Environmental groups and the Ministry of Justice both claimed victory following a ruling on cost caps on environmental challenges. In The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Others v the Secretary of State for Justice and the Lord Chancellor, Mr Justice Dove ruled that cost-cap hearings should be ...
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NewsFlight delay claims first for self-executing contracts
Insurer AXA says Bitcoin-type technology will make insurance claims decisions.
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NewsEight weeks pay for former KWM staff
Firm failed to carry out formal redundancy consultation, employment tribunal rules.
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NewsTop City silk wins unprecedented apology from regulator
Bar Standards Board regrets errors and delay in dismissing allegations against Khawar Qureshi QC.
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NewsHigh Court backs challenge on environmental costs
Government amendments to rules against 'prohibitively expensive' proceedings need further clarification.
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Opinion
So farewell then, SJ
After 160 years, Solicitors Journal is to close. We shall miss a rival.
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NewsExemptions maintained for new data protection law, government promises
Bill to implement General Data Protection Regulation as ‘proportionate regime’ introduced in Lords.
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NewsGroup aims to build confidence in private prosecutions
Legal and fraud professionals hope to raise public awareness of this area of the law.
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NewsGlobal bar association defends Assange appearance
Wikileaks founder's scheduled video interview raises questions over IBA's commitment to rule of law.
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NewsClients will expect more value from robot lawyers
Expect ‘push back’ on bills for automated services, international firm warns.
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Landmark appeal judgment dents libel threshold hopes
Test of 2013 Defamation Act finds for claimant in ’major set-back for free speech’.
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NewsGide claims new first in Iranian market
French-origin international firm first to practise in Tehran under its own name.
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Opinion
Red October anniversary should be nothing to celebrate
Contempt for the rule of law was built into the Bolshevik project from the beginning.
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News'Unprecedented and extraordinary': repeal bill under fire
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill raises ‘fundamental concerns’ for rule of law, say peers