Legal News

Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict

Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials

Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer

Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) intends to campaign for legislative reform following this week’s Mazur appeal decision

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its £7.5bn redress scheme for consumers affected by mis-sold motor finance loans this week

Plans to divert thousands more criminal cases to the magistrates’ courts by increasing magistrates’ sentencing powers are ‘high risk’ at a time when the magistrates’ backlog has risen to an all-time high, Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has warned

What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection? 

Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?

When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ