Richard Michie

An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?

The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed

Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step