News – Page 3
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NewsStrengthened immunity protection proposed in Arbitration Act reform
Law Commission recommendations aim to cement UK's position as leading seat for dispute resolution.
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NewsOpt-out competition claim seeks £800m from water companies
Customers lost out because companies 'misrepresented number of spills', high profile firm alleges.
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News'Drunk' gambler must honour £590,000 cheque, judge rules
Judgment follows six-day High Court hearing 'beset by difficulties at the outset'.
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NewsJudge right to award lying libel claimant £1 damages, appeal rules
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor 'attempted to obtain an advantage by deceiving the court'.
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News'Shockwaves' as Supreme Court rules litigation funding deals unenforceable
Agreements fall within statutory definition of DBAs, court rules as it allows appeal in truck cartel case.
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NewsJudge throws out environmental 'breach of duty' claim against Shell
Action was the first derivative claim under the Companies Act 2006 to allege breaches of duty relating to a company's environmental strategy.
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NewsPolo trade mark case thrown out after evidence 'problems'
Court hears of 'likelihood of confusion' between Beverly Hills Polo Club and Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club brands.
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NewsGovernment is handing competition regulator a blank cheque, thinktank warns
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill would give CMA 'quasi-legislative' powers to intervene in almost any market.
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NewsFormer solicitor asks appeal court to 'have mercy' over strike-off
'We cannot unpick 28 years of history,' master of the rolls tells Farid El Diwany.
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NewsSupreme Court rules in 'death ends everything' divorce case
Wife's estate plans to 'continue fight' after judges find it is 'not for the courts to distort the meaning of words of relevant statutes to achieve radical reform'.
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NewsDigital assets: call for legislation to protect third category of 'thing'
Common law 'ideally placed' to cope with disputes around cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, Law Commission concludes.
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NewsSociety calls for alignment with Europe on AI regulation
Response to government consultation highlights 'urgent need' for explicit regulations on liability.
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NewsSFO's 'pioneering interpretation' to claim back cash
Victims of an email fraud could recover money following High Court ruling on Proceeds of Crime Act.
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NewsIdentification doctrine reform could put more corporates in the dock
Senior managers will be treated as 'directing mind and will' of a business under amendment to economic crime bill.
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NewsMPs urge government to reconsider cohabitation reform timetable
Women and equalities committee sees no reason why separate projects on weddings and divorce should delay work.
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NewsProfession cautiously welcomes anti-SLAPP measures
Important task is ‘one for parliament, not for regulators’, bar chief says.
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NewsGovernment acts on SLAPPs - but only in economic crime
New power to dismiss cases will stamp out ‘brazen abuse of our legal system’, lord chancellor says.
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NewsStrasbourg 'had no jurisdiction' to block Rwanda flight
Court is acting beyond the scope of the human rights convention, thinktank Policy Exchange argues.
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NewsCourt of Appeal clears up leasehold confusion
Law Commission identified 'conflicting' case law on right of shared ownership leaseholders to take control of building management.