Dispute resolution

A High Court ruling has clarified the limits of digital communications in disputes over property ownership

The rise of non-court dispute resolution in family law is a necessity, not a trend, writes Kate Stovold

A landmark anti‑SLAPP judgment leaves important procedural questions unanswered, say Claudine Morgan, Hannah Gornall & Ellen Roberts

A landmark ruling has delivered the first judicial application of the UK’s anti-SLAPP regime and provided fresh guidance on abusive litigation

Non-court dispute resolution is no longer an alternative in family law—it is rapidly becoming the norm

The civil justice landscape could be heading for a shake-up, with reform of the Solicitors Act 1974 gathering pace

The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup

A landmark Supreme Court ruling has underscored the sweeping reach of UK sanctions. In NLJ this week, Brónagh Adams and Harriet Campbell of Penningtons Manches Cooper say the regime is a ‘blunt instrument’ requiring only a factual, not causal, link to restricted goods

Sanctioning non-payment: what’s caught by the wide net of the UK regime? Brónagh Adams & Harriet Campbell stress the need for caution following Celestial Aviation v Unicredit

More fraud litigation is likely to emerge from the private credit market, market corrections due to overvaluation driven by artificial intelligence and the ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence, law firm Stewarts has predicted in a report, ‘Trends in fraud litigation 2026’, compiled with analytics platform Solomonic