News – Page 15
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News‘Informed consent’ fees dispute set for Court of Appeal showdown
Personal injury firm appealed after High Court ruled that fees should not have been deducted from damages.
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NewsUK to fight ‘unnecessary barriers to data flows’
Minister outlines future priorities for independent data protection regime.
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NewsJudge allows use of documents shared by mistake
High Court says that a reasonable solicitor would have assumed that disclosure was intentional.
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NewsOnline court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs
Supreme Court judge reveals that legislation to set up litigant-in-person-friendly dispute resolution procedure expected this year.
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NewsCoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection
Father said he was wary about safety of vaccine and still believed son’s condition was due to MMR jab.
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NewsTougher sentences on menu in ‘restore confidence’ bill
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill proposes a portfolio of reforms.
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NewsBarristers lose £6.9m fees appeal over unenforceable DBA
Claimants challenged an arbitration decision that they had not proved loss of earnings.
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NewsInjured off-road victims ‘sacrificed at hands of Brexit’, say lawyers
Government hails decision to scrap ‘over-the-top’ law concerning insurance for vehicles on private land.
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NewsMagistrate’s sacking over gay adoption views was ‘inevitable’, says CoA
Richard Page loses claim for discrimination after removal from magistracy after BBC interview.
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NewsBegum's right to fair hearing is not a trump card, SC rules
Justices find that, where public safety makes it impossible to hear a case, proceedings must be stayed.
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NewsGovernment reveals long-awaited whiplash portal start date and tariffs
Changes will come into force at the end of May with the advent of the new RTA claims portal.
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News‘Extraordinary’: court hears how claimant won case two years after his death
Judge says land ownership case was 'utterly bizarre' but not an abuse of process.
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NewsRelief as EU deems UK data protection laws ‘adequate’
Draft European Commission decision follows nearly a year of 'constructive talks'.
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NewsCovid measures a template for ‘worse law’, former government legal chief warns
New regulations 'are not subject to any parliamentary scrutiny before they come into force and, typically, very little afterwards'.
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NewsLitigants baffled as Civil Procedure Rules move to new site
Justice minister pledges to look into whether new gov.uk home is accessible for all users.
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NewsClaimant cleared of dishonesty despite 'wholly unreliable' evidence
Judge says failure to give a satisfactory account is ‘very different’ to giving a false account.
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NewsDPP reveals concerns over age of criminal responsibility
Comments will reignite the debate called for by MPs on the justice select committee last November.
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NewsMarkle judgment warns against ‘Micawber’ tactics
Courts should grasp the nettle of summary decisions, top media judge rules.
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NewsLaw Commission revisits proposals amid 'hate crime at home' furore
Commission says 'poorly targeted' exemption would not have protected private conversation in the family car.
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News£1m cost of advertising for claimants is not recoverable, judge rules
Solicitors leading litigation against British Airways must shoulder the costs of ’getting the business in’.