The litigation funder in the Mastercard collective action has hit out at the CAT’s decision to allow it a £23m profit on its seven-year, £46m investment in the case. The…
Conveyancing fees hit an “all-time high” in the first quarter of this year in the run-up to the stamp duty deadline, with the average figure up by almost 12% on…
There is “a strong consensus” that ethnic diversity is good for arbitrations – but little evidence of this being reflected in the make-up of panels, a report for the IBA…
The High Court has rejected claims of bias against the chair of a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal panel made as part of long-running proceedings against a major City law firm. The…
Part of net zero efforts DWF has revealed plans for a carbon removal project — the “DWF Forest” — as part of its efforts to achieve net zero by 2045.…
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Dishonesty impacted thousands The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined the former owner of a law firm nearly £4 million — a record financial penalty for the regulator. Nurul Miah,…
17 June Lawyers are limbering up for this years’ London Legal Walk which is just under a month away. The annual walkathon will see charities, lawyers and judges, from Lady…
The Competition Appeal Tribunal yesterday described the £200m settlement of the landmark opt-out collective action brought against Mastercard as “very far from a success”. The post Mastercard settlement “very far…
The High Court has granted leading firm Clyde & Co an injunction banning a man from its Birmingham office after his repeated visits made staff feel “vulnerable and anxious”. The…
Defendant law firms are making a lot of misleading “noise” about inflation in credit hire rates because “they make their money from litigation”, the CHO has argued. The post Defendant…
A “lack of consistent political leadership” – because of the high turnover of ministers chairing the Family Justice Board – has contributed to the continuing court delays facing families. The…
Running a small law firm has never been easy—but in today’s environment, it can feel like you’re constantly trying to do more with less. Yet for solicitors who are strategic…
This latest episode features a conversation with Matt Dixon, founding partner of training and consultancy firm DCM Insights, who is recognised as being one of the world’s leading authorities on…
iManage has announced the early access availability of HYCU® R-Cloud™ for iManage Cloud – an enterprise-grade backup and recovery solution purpose-built for iManage Cloud customers and powered by HYCU, The…