A law firm has been publicly hauled over the coals by a district judge after claiming to represent a client it had not even spoken to in months. At an adjourned family court hearing earlier this month ...

A barrister has been disbarred for recording court hearings and harassing a person with mental health issues. Source: Michael Cross Mariam El-Sobky, called to the bar in March 2001, was found by the ...

Paul was much more than a former principal to me. He was my mentor and one of the most important influences on my professional life. I can say without exaggeration that he played a decisive role in ...

The latest ruling in long-running litigation between Russian oligarch Vladimir Olegovich Potanin and his ex-wife Natalia Nikolaevna Potanina is ‘unlikely to dispel the perception that the law is ...

Local authority argued that allowing recovery would set precedent with 'serious consequences' for public purse.

A solicitor has been suspended from practice for six months and ordered to pay £16,800 in costs after she 'failed to take appropriate steps' to protect the interests of her vulnerable client over more ...

Judges have no ‘general discretion’ to vary costs budgets where there are no ‘significant developments’ in the litigation, the High Court confirmed this week.

Many road traffic collision victims are not told about potential compensation and the need to instruct a solicitor to obtain it, a report by the Victims’ Commissioner reveals today. The report, ...

Resolution also rejects claim by senior family judge that the proposals would generate thousands of new cases.

A solicitor accused of insider dealing spoke only to confirm his name during his first appearance in the glass-walled dock at ...

Taxi driver claimed fee paid for access to bookings was discriminatory because it cost part-time workers more per hour.

The Ministry of Defence will only have to pay 60% of claimants’ costs after a judge said both parties in group litigation had ...