All articles by Michael Cross – Page 80
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NewsPolish president vetoes 'judicial threat' measures
Unexpected decision follows international outcry over independence of judiciary.
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NewsNews focus: digital signatures dilemma
If digital signatures are finally to take their place in the kind of life-changing matters that solicitors deal with on a daily basis, consensus on their robustness is critical.
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News£14bn group action kicked out of court
Competition tribunal dismisses application on behalf of 46 million consumers against MasterCard.
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NewsProfession sounds alarm at Polish judicial reforms
Law Society and bar condemn new law’s echo of ’more turbulent European past’.
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NewsFormer sex abuse suspect loses anonymity fight
Newspapers wins right to identify individual in landmark open justice ruling.
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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’.