Legal News

The Court of Appeal has remitted a ‘long, bitter and extortionately expensive’ divorce case for a financial remedy hearing with a litigation funder attached as a party, following a ‘procedural quagmire’

Corporate fraud rose 16.8% in the year to March 2023, with 1121 incidents reported to Action Fraud, the UK’s reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime

The Court of Appeal has confirmed the approach the court should take to an application to rescind a decree nisi, in a landmark judgment

The vast majority (94%) of legal professionals think their firm could handle probate and estate administration more efficiently, according to the annual Bereavement Index, by Glasgow-based bereavement technology firm Exizent

Former District Judge Stephen Gold offers his views on revisions to the judicial conduct guide, in this week’s NLJ

Donald Trump intends to stand for the US presidency come what may, even if he has been convicted of serious political charges. But, could he be stopped by a provision in the US constitution? 

The proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence is intended to close loopholes in existing legislation, but does it go far enough? 

Parental alienation has attracted some controversy. In this week’s NLJ, David Emmerson, of Anthony Gold Solicitors, considers a recent case in which the court ordered that a mother have no further direct or indirect contact with her children following a series of incidents including having an intermediary give the children tracking devices ad mobile phones which they were to keep secret from their father

In an employment law update, Charles Pigott looks at absence management and the band of reasonable responses test, in this week’s NLJ

The ever-evolving area of vicarious liability is tackled in this week’s NLJ personal injury update. Vijay Ganapathy, partner, and Catriona Ratcliffe, associate solicitor, at Leigh Day, look at the legal developments and implications of three recent cases