All News articles – Page 52
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NewsLitigant frightened ex-partner’s lawyers under false name
Family judge says purported legal professional 'Mr Gwenstefani' was a figment of father’s imagination.
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NewsIn depth: Freemarket thinktank calls for class action curbs
UK plc stands to suffer ‘enormous damage’ from an ever-expanding class action regime, says the Adam Smith Institute. Counterintuitively, the free-market thinktank wants more regulation – and legal aid.
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NewsRenowned solicitor advocate sued by landlord in ‘acrimonious’ dispute
Practitioner has counter-claimed for 'unjust enrichment' against the management company at his north London home.
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NewsSports law firm fails to block advertisement of winding up petition
Judge has 'no doubt' Manchester-based firm's application had no 'rational prospect of success'.
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NewsLocal government lawyers welcome remote meetings decision
Lawyers in Local Government says remote attendance will ensure effective democratic participation and diverse representation.
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NewsSpeeding deputy district judge given formal advice
Judge tells Judicial Conduct Investigations Office that 'unprovoked aggressive' van driver caused her to speed to get away.
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NewsMemory lane
'Climate justice' calls, video link appeals, electronic office technology and an all-graduate profession: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsLawyers launch 50 new rugby claims despite allegations to SRA
London firm serves brain injury proceedings for more players and seeks to create group litigation.
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NewsHot ticket in the Rolls
Liability trial begins in mammoth group action involving a tailings dam collapse and Brazilian law.
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NewsAt the lord mayor’s show
When an invitation landed for the City of London lord mayor’s annual judges’ dinner, Obiter accepted with alacrity.
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News'Oldest comedian' headlines fundraiser for solicitor scroll
Ticket sales will go towards funds needed for a Torah Scroll in memory of criminal defence stalwart Julian Young.
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NewsFormal misconduct advice for 17-month delay in handing down judgment
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office received a complaint from a member of the public over the ‘substantial delay’.
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NewsSolicitor ordered to pay costs in 'hopeless' tribunal claim
Tribunal judge Batten found the employment specialist’s conduct ‘put the respondents to expense and inconvenience’.
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NewsKeep records of gaslighting behaviour, GCs told
Lack of management training upon promotion among root causes of workplace bullying identified in white paper.
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News'No crisis in claims sector', says head of litigation funder
Louisa Klouda, chief executive of Fenchurch Legal, insists the sector remains attractive to investors.
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NewsCreditors owed £2.5m by closing PI firm set to get nothing
One creditor says failure to recover debts could put medico-legal companies out of business.
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NewsHow our DPPs are remembered
Every DPP’s tenure is judged by one or two cases which they should have prosecuted but didn’t, or shouldn’t have prosecuted but did.
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NewsInfected blood scandal: bereaved families offered interim £100,000
Government says interim payment offer comes in advance of more comprehensive compensation scheme.
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NewsFirms told not to fear post-Menzies flood of costs claims
Costs experts says hurdles still exist for bringing challenges to personal injury deductions.
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NewsBHP rebuts liability claims in Brazil dam collapse case
Claimants in mammoth group litigation accused of 'extreme, expansive and novel interpretations of Brazilian law'.