Litigation/Dispute Resolution


Poor conduct of consumer claims “will see more firms collapse”

9 April 2025

At least 15 consumer claims law firms have gone bust in the last five years owing more than £400m and poor practices in the sector will likely lead to more, a leading insurer has predicted.


“Logjam” of old High Court cases “blocking new disputes”

8 April 2025

A “logjam” of old cases at the High Court, with more than a quarter of cases taking up to three years to resolve, could be the reason for a “slight drop-off” in new actions last year.


Chartered legal executives could get standalone litigation rights

8 April 2025

CILEx Regulation has launched plans for chartered legal executives to obtain standalone rights to conduct litigation without having to seek rights of audience at the same time.


Gender disparity in publicly funded advocacy – only CPS making progress

7 April 2025

Efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure it allocates work more equitably between the sexes are slowly bearing fruit, a new analysis has shown.


SRA: Claims firms “destabilised” by litigation funding deals

3 April 2025

Relationships with litigation funders are destabilising some high-volume consumer claims law firms, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.


DWF accused of data protection breaches in battle with claimant firm

2 April 2025

Solicitors for leading insurers have been accused of data protection breaches in collating evidence about the way a North London firm pursued personal injury claims.


Lawyers and lenders agog as Supreme Court hears motor finance case

1 April 2025

All eyes are on the Supreme Court this morning as it begins a three-day hearing on motor finance commissions that could open up or close down a major new source of legal work.


Judge attacks process-driven approach to credit hire claims

31 March 2025

A senior district judge has again attacked credit hire claims, as well as a process-driven approach to bringing them, in a case where he awarded £1,200 for a claim valued at £50,200.


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.

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