All articles by Michael Cross – Page 81
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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.
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Opinion
Don't fear AI; we're all algorithms anyway
Lawyers should not assume human brains are inherently superior to silicon ones.
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NewsNearly half of judges say independence not respected by government
European-wide survey shows UK judiciary feeling pressure - but confident at lack of corruption.
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NewsComputer ransomware attacks: 'no good blaming the victims'
Cyber security experts say 'be vigilant' is wrong response to WannaCry attack.
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NewsIncreased diversity is a ‘force for good’
Increase in number of solicitors being admitted to the roll boosted by rise in BAME persons
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NewsSolicitor takes up reins of Europe bar body
English solicitor is president of the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe.
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Opinion
Climate Trumpery is not the end of the world
Lawyers have a role in combatting the harm done by climate change, but perhaps not the one you think.
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NewsDefamation cases slump to nine-year low
Fall of 8% last year partly due to 2013 Defamation Act, research suggests.
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NewsShiner did wrong - but torture is worse, says veteran rights campaigner
Critics of the behaviour of lawyers pursuing claims against British troops in Iraq should look at the bigger picture, a leading civil rights lawyer said last night. Referring to disgraced former solicitor Phil Shiner, Clive Stafford Smith, founder of the advocacy group Reprieve, said: 'Phil did some things he shouldn’t ...
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NewsClaims management giant sets up own law firm
ABS created in joint venture between National Accident Helpline and NewLaw
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News£700 a day offered to build lawyer-free court
HMCTS advertising for teams to develop Civil Money Claims project.
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NewsGlobal legal market growth slowed in 2016
US market - the world’s largest - stood still last year, research finds.
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NewsCobbetts collapse: eight to face tribunal over alleged incompetence
SRA announces referrals following investigations after 2013 takeover of Manchester firm.
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NewsJudges must hang together, says lord chief
Lord Thomas sets out case for 'internal cohesion and a governance structure'.
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NewsDisgruntled clients offered live chats with ombudsman
’We’re here for them online as well as just a phone call or email away’ says legal watchdog.
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OpinionTories' land data body sounds excellent. But...
A cadastral agency is a very non-conservative - indeed Napoleonic - concept.