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All Litigation articles – Page 18
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NewsDeveloper stung by high-interest loan loses case against solicitors
NDH Properties Limited accused Leeds-based firm of professional negligence.
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NewsCourt corrects gaffe which allowed ex-husband to stop payments
Judge rules ‘slip rule’ can be applied two years after error was made.
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News'Irredeemably unmanageable': High Court blocks £5bn group litigation
Judge says prospect of managing 200,000 claimants from Brazil is 'alarming' and cannot work.
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NewsLawyers denied CFA fees after failing to act in client’s best interests
Law firm had sought to recover fees after client did not authorise issue of any proceedings.
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NewsEd Sheeran lawyers ticked off for ignoring Part 18 requests
Court also found no good reason for non-compliance despite lawyers being ill with Covid-19.
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NewsCounsel blocked from family case over personal animosity
High Court judge backs rare step of stopping advocate from accepting further instructions.
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NewsNegligence claim dismissed in 'stripy mews house' case
Charles Russell Speechlys faced £4.6m claim over its handling of a property transaction.
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NewsAllen & Overy sued over London stadium agreement
Magic circle firm faces professional negligence claim over drafting of West Ham concession agreement.
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NewsBusinesses urged to avoid post-pandemic legal battles
The way companies handle disputes is a 'key part of their environmental, social, and governance responsibilities’, says Lord Neuberger.
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NewsFirm required to disclose client advice in dishonesty claim
Law firm, which did not specifically object to the disclosure application, expects the documents to absolve it from liability.
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NewsLitigators frustrated by ‘hopelessly laborious’ disclosure pilot
Elements of pilot branded ‘monstrously difficult’ and ‘hopelessly laborious’, with costs ‘triplicated’.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses robot inventor appeal
Appellant named AI machine as inventor in patent application.
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News£50m fund takes litigation firm ‘to new level’
Liverpool-based specialist firm was created last year by lawyers previously with DLA Piper.
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NewsClaimant refused permission to rely on more favourable expert
Application had been made to admit extra evidence three days before already-vacated trial date.
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FeatureShould there be a right to banking?
In July 2019 the High Court found in favour of Royal Bank of Scotland in N v RBS, which was brought by a former customer seeking damages flowing from what it said were unlawful actions taken by RBS.
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NewsDisclosure pilot creating ‘adversarial environment’, litigators fear
Seminar hears concerns about 'over engineering' bogging the system down.
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NewsLegal battles break out over administration of Ince & Co
Six former partners at Ince & Co France have issued a notice of summons against administrators.
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NewsNew body seeks to give global funding industry a voice
International Legal Funding Association will aim to influence judicial, legislative and regulatory developments.
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NewsLockdown legal challenge reaches next stage of litigation
Judge says lockdown restrictions raise ‘potentially fundamental issues’ around the role of ministers and judges.