News – Page 15
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NewsLitigation funders’ warchest reaches new record
Businesses are on the hunt for new cross-border class actions for investments.
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NewsLSB rejects new rules for unregulated sector despite ‘significant’ market share
Regulators will concentrate on pushing voluntary arrangements onto unregulated providers.
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NewsFamily solicitors welcome extension of voucher scheme
£5.4m invested to steer family cases away from court - but more needs to be done, says Law Society.
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NewsOnline dispute resolution could unlock £3.4bn a year
LawtechUK initiative sets out design of key part of master of the rolls’ civil justice vision.
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NewsFirst electronically signed property deal goes through
Top-100 firm Hugh James is first to submit qualified electronic signature, which does not require witnessing.
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NewsLawtech initiative 'created a sense of urgency'
Each pound of government money leveraged at least £2.30 from the private sector, evaluation estimates.
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NewsBullying rule could be self-defeating, Society tells SRA
Chancery Lane worries that proposed regulatory requirement to challenge bullying behaviour could silence vulnerable solicitors.
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NewsRussians lead commercial litigant table - for now
Annual survey shows a dramatic drop in the number of judgments in London courts.
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News'We will sue the pants off them': outrage over LAA announcement
Several practitioners worried they will lose out on much-needed work when new crime contracts commence.
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News‘Several hundred billion’ at stake in bitcoin case
Digital currency exchanges are the latest legal targets of academic claiming to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
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NewsServices firms line up to tackle crypto fraud
Triage system will assess claims for access to £50m litigation funding warchest.
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NewsTribunal proceedings could be recorded
Senior judges consider plan amid concern about unfairness to unrepresented parties.
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NewsWarwickshire merger creates 70-strong firm
Long established Moore & Tibbits acquires private client specialist Davidson Mahon.
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NewsBar set to scrap student aptitude test
Watchdog insists training providers are now more selective - but concerns remain that the profession is hugely oversubscribed.
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NewsCity merger creates 72-lawyer firm
Laytons ETL acquires real estate and construction specialist Cannings Connolly.
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NewsCourts case management system glitch as HMCTS resumes rollout
Common Platform working again after practitioners were notified this morning that the system was unavailable.
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NewsTech giants will be the new disruptors, ABS pioneer predicts
Prediction comes 10 years after the granting of the first alternative business structure licences.
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NewsSRA probes exposure to sanctioned clients
'Thematic review' following issues raised in parliament will report this autumn.
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News'Lingering myth' holding up digital ID verification
Technology can 'support the legal community to keep pace with changes in international economic sanctions'.
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News'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee
New digital service is expected to be quicker but fee to file an application for a divorce will remain unchanged.