All articles by Michael Cross – Page 76
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NewsDigital mortgages to go live this year
Deeds to be created, signed and registered without the need for any paperwork or involvement by humans, Land Registry claims.
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Opinion
Wills: digital v the real world
E-signatures have had formal legal status for 17 years but are still science fiction for many legal purposes.
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NewsJudicial reform law prompts protests in Poland
Amendment places National Council of the Judiciary under control of parliament.
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News'Eye-watering': EU withdrawal bill is biggest change in legal system for 45 years
Law Society calls for rights to be protected as government introduces European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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NewsDigital 'statement of truth' to replace oath-swearing
Online process for probate applications is undergoing private tests, HMCTS reveals.
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NewsSecret evidence shoots down arms trade judicial review
'Sufficient to record' that closed judgment confirms government's decisions were 'rational', High Court judgment states.
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NewsNews focus: Jurisdictions across Europe are seeking to usurp London’s pre-eminence in commercial law
With the UK preoccupied by post-Brexit business, jurisdictions across Europe are scenting opportunities in commercial law. Now the High Court has rebranded to stay in the game.
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Opinion
Google: antitrust policy needs to grow up
The web giant hasn't brought about the end of history, whatever the European Commission may think.
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NewsLawtech start-ups collect £16m in backing
Nearly half of legal IT businesses started by former lawyers.
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News'Fundamental questions' remain on CJEU role post-Brexit
Parliament should tell UK courts ’to take account of’ EU rulings in relevant cases, thinktank recommends.
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NewsMay under attack from UN human rights chief
Prime minister’s campaign remarks on human rights were ‘highly regrettable’, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein says.
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NewsLidington sworn in
David Lidington MP was sworn in as lord high chancellor of Great Britain last week, telling the most senior legal figures in England and Wales that he will be ‘resolute and unflinching’ in upholding the rule of law and defending the independence of the judiciary. In an apparent attempt to ...
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NewsJudicial independence key to post-Brexit success
Independence of judiciaries must be understood and recognised, says head of Chancery Division.
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NewsOnline court won't repeat failure of Dutch model, MoR claims
Lecture lays out ambitious programme for multi purpose civil ’online solutions court’.
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NewsJudges' pay review to seek data on previous earnings
Government picks date of lord chancellor's swearing in to produce olive branch on judges' pay.
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NewsCredit-hire witnesses jailed for contempt
Seven expert witnesses who were found to have committed perjury on an 'industrial scale' by giving courts inaccurate information on the cost of hire cars provided after road traffic accidents received prison sentences today. The seven, former employees of expert evidence business Autofocus, were jailed from six to 13 months. ...
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NewsCourts are not pay-as-you-go consumer service providers - LCJ
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd attacks the calibre of recent lord chancellors and urges next incumbent to stand up to the executive.
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NewsCall for legislation to govern AI
Chancery Lane event hears concerns about accountability of algorithms which increasingly govern our lives.
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NewsNorth-west merger creates 27-lawyer firm
Property and private client firm MLP Law says it is looking for more acquisitions.