Litigation/Dispute Resolution


Oligarch’s ex-wife drops negligence claim against former solicitors

28 March 2025

Top family law firm Payne Hicks Beach has expressed itself “pleased but not surprised” by the decision of a high-profile former client to drop her negligence action against it.


Ex-law firm owner obtains freezing order against successor

27 March 2025

The High Court has issued a freezing order against the non-lawyer owner of a law firm the SRA shut down last year, at the behest of the solicitor who sold it to her.


Public would be “shocked” by how credit hire works, says judge

26 March 2025

The public would be “shocked” to learn how the credit hire industry operates, a senior district judge has suggested in a case where he had to award £55,000 for an unnecessary 96-day car hire.


SRA: Law firm’s work for warlord was not improper

25 March 2025

The SRA yesterday took the unusual step of setting out why it cleared the law firm which acted for Yevgeniy Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, of misconduct.


Whiplash tariff to rise on 31 May but fixed costs review delayed

21 March 2025

The 15% uplift in the fixed fees for whiplash cases will take effect from 31 May, the fourth anniversary of the Official Injury Claim portal, justice minister Sarah Sackman has announced.


MR: “Very disappointing” end to court modernisation programme

21 March 2025

The court modernisation project ends this month with the “very disappointing” outcome of only 23% of civil cases being digital end to end, the Master of the Rolls told MPs this week.


KC removed from panel hearing challenge to Scottish Bar rules

20 March 2025

A Scottish silk has been removed from a Competition Appeal Tribunal panel set to hear a challenge to the rules of the Faculty of Advocates, the Scottish Bar.


Top family firm “would be prejudiced” by split trial in negligence claim

19 March 2025

Top family law firm Payne Hicks Beach would be prejudiced by a split trial in the negligence action brought by the woman who secured the UK’s largest ever divorce award, the High Court has ruled.


Court allows City giant to progress ex-client’s claim on assignment

18 March 2025

A major City law firm can continue bringing a case it took on assignment from former clients which could mitigate a possible professional negligence claim.


Litigation funders continue to pour money into market

18 March 2025

Money continues to pour into the litigation finance market, with one expecting to treble its investment to £250m in the next two years and another set to launch a $75m fund.


Lawyer groups back stronger regulation of litigation funding

14 March 2025

The Law Society, Bar Council, CILEX and the Association of Costs Lawyers have become the latest to call for stronger oversight of third-party litigation funding.


Costs judge allows £700 an hour in biggest departure from guidelines

12 March 2025

A costs judge has allowed a leading US law firm to recover partner costs at £700 per hour, said to be the largest ever departure from the guideline hourly rates.


Thousands of privileged documents disclosed in “unprecedented” error

10 March 2025

An “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” failure of disclosure that has seen thousands of privileged documents released to the other side has been revealed in the High Court.


Judge throws out skeleton argument for being three times too long

10 March 2025

The High Court has refused to admit a skeleton argument that was three times the length it should have been, and ranged beyond the confines of what it should have done.


High Court reinstates negligence claim against top family law firm

7 March 2025

A former client of a leading family law firm should be allowed to sue over its alleged failure to advise about its own negligence, the High Court has ruled.

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