All articles by Michael Cross – Page 8
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News
'Democracy in peril': US bar seeks to build public trust
World’s largest voluntary organisation of lawyers aims to 'depoliticise the administration of elections'.
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Opt-out competition claim seeks £800m from water companies
Customers lost out because companies 'misrepresented number of spills', high profile firm alleges.
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Braverman meets SRA as row over immigration lawyers escalates
Ministers announce ‘official launch’ of taskforce aimed at cracking down on corrupt practice.
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Society cool on government's 'enabler taskforce'
Law enforcers already have the powers they need to deal with immigration misconduct, Chancery Lane says.
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News focus: World's first digital economy court opens – in Dubai
As the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts unveils the world’s first digital economy court, justice Michael Black KC envisages a busy schedule when the court hears its first case listed for January.
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'Drunk' gambler must honour £590,000 cheque, judge rules
Judgment follows six-day High Court hearing 'beset by difficulties at the outset'.
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Super-regulator backs campaign for higher penalties
LSB has been 'concerned for some time' about the SRA's lack of effective fining powers.
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Government green light for IP Office reform
Digital self-service 'One IPO' for rights holders and representatives to go live next spring.
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New coalition seeks to drive e-conveyancing
Digital Property Market Steering Group represents government agencies, legal professional bodies and business.
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Students 'locked out' as BPP hit by cyber attack
Systems 'accessed by an unauthorised third party', law school reveals.
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Claimants lose bid for disclosure over Trustpilot reviews
Granting of a Norwich Pharmacal order requires balancing of rights, head of the media list rules.
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Opinion
Transport wars: Khan, Ken and kritarchy
History is (so far) not repeating itself in a clash over London's ultra-low emissions zone.
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News
News focus: ClientEarth rebuff
The High Court scotched ClientEarth’s attempts to bring Shell’s directors to account for alleged breaches of duty over environmental strategy. Will this keep management decisions out of the courtroom?
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Judge right to award lying libel claimant £1 damages, appeal rules
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor 'attempted to obtain an advantage by deceiving the court'.
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PEP and turnover flat at Travers Smith
Results reflect resilience in a year of market disruption, managing partner insists.
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'Shockwaves' as Supreme Court rules litigation funding deals unenforceable
Agreements fall within statutory definition of DBAs, court rules as it allows appeal in truck cartel case.
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Judge throws out environmental 'breach of duty' claim against Shell
Action was the first derivative claim under the Companies Act 2006 to allege breaches of duty relating to a company's environmental strategy.
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Fieldfisher latest to report PEP slide
European firm reports revenue up 11% in tenth successive year of growth.
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Profits down 2% as Linklaters takes Moscow hit
Magic circle firm latest elite practice to announce flat or falling profits.
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Macfarlanes profits slide in 'more challenging year'
PEP drops by 15.8% from a record post-pandemic year as firm takes a 'pause for breath'.