All articles by Michael Cross – Page 84
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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.
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NewsCommercial judges will need expert assessors, says LCJ
Lord Thomas says London must learn from other jurisdictions' commercial courts to remain competitive.
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NewsFormer City lawyer named as French premier
New York-based Debevoise & Plimpton gets another political feather in its cap.
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NewsLondon base for global forum of commercial courts
Judiciary releases report on closed-door meeting of courts from five continents.
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NewsWhistleblowers and journalists 'at risk of prison' in secrets law reform
Law Commission proposals would turn the clock back, freedom of information expert says.
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NewsSolicitor and former Hull KR chair Max Gold dies at 72
Tributes paid to former chairman of Hull Kingston Rovers.
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News
Deliveroo: Law Society condemns 'no tribunal' clauses
Chancery Lane welcomes reports that delivery business Deliveroo has amended contracts with riders.
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NewsProfit gap widens as large law firms grow faster
Benchmarking survey show third year of growth - but fortunes of small firms ‘mixed’
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NewsLabour to keep court fees - but cap them
'All too often justice is denied and truth covered up,' leaked manifesto draft states. Party also proposes to restore legal aid for family cases and JRs.
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News
All-night 'hackathon' to crack online court design
Judiciary teams up with legal IT community to come up with ’designs, solutions, systems and technologies’ - in just 24 hours.
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NewsEmployment law giant announces tie-up with London boutique
GQ Employment Law to join Littler’s ’global platform’