Litigation Opinion
How can lawyers learn to love litigants in person?
With Legal Aid being cut beyond recognition, Zoe Saunders takes a look at what potentially lies ahead with the rise of litigants in person
Raising court fees would be a bad move
Justice minister Chis Grayling has hinted that foreign litigants will have to pay more to use UK courts than domestic litigants, but Jeremy Winter isn’t sure this is a good idea
Intellectual Property Office relaunches mediation service
The relaunch of the IP Office mediation service should be welcomed by IP rich industries.
Chancery review
Case management is being reviewed by the Chancery division after it decided to abandon costs control measures proposed by Lord Justice Jackson.
Monckton Chambers' Daniel Beard QC on his first two years as silk
Expectant barristers have learned whether their silk applications have been successful, with 84 making the grade.
Fountain Court's Derrick Dale QC on his first two years as silk
Fountain Court’s Derrick Dale QC talks about his first two years as silk.
11 KBW's Sean Jones QC on his first year as silk
11KBW’s Sean Jones QC talks about his first year as a silk ahead of this year’s silks announcement.
In defence of the jury
As the Vicky Pryce retrial gets under way, Gareth Weetman says that juries invariably reach sensible, logical verdicts in trials
Behind closed doors
A high-stakes case that could damage relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia has brought the issue of closed courts back into the spotlight
Does Back to Work work?
The Court of Appeal delivers a technical but not a moral victory on back-to-work schemes, says Kate Balmer
Judicial process
Decision in GSCE-marking judicial review puts the process, and its implications, under the spotlight
The importance of VTB v Nutritek
The case of VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp and others will be mentioned for years to come, says Fried Frank partner Justin Michaelson
Secrecy and moral hazard
Secret courts are totalitarian and would destroy our country’s moral standing in the world
Barrister contracts: let battle commence
Competition between barristers and solicitors is on the rise, and the friction is starting to show between the profession’s representative bodies.
Unchartered territory
The Royal Charter is an archaic and undemocratic device and its use is not matched to the purpose of creating an effective and independent press regulator, says Amber Melville-Brown
"Chaotic" Jackson reforms will mean a "raft of litigation"
The MoJ’s implementation of the Jackson reforms has been chaotic and will result in a raft of satellite litigation, says LSLA president Francesca Kaye
Football tactics
A courtroom battle relating to Liverpool Football Club settled last week after the Court of Appeal (CoA) refused to vary an order for the claimants, former LFC owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to surrender in excess of £10m by way of security for costs.
Another year of major litigation
Welcome to our first print edition of The Lawyer for 2013: and as always, we kick off the year with our pick of the top cases.
US litigators need London weight
It’s here: this week we’re publishing a preview of our exclusive annual report on global litigation, where we reveal the top 50 firms in the world by revenue.
Boris and the oligarchs
London mayor Boris Johnson has extended an invitation to oligarchs to litigate in London. Is that such a bad thing?
Mysteries over Saudi City court
Commercial lawyers wait to see what shape the reported Saudi ‘arbitration centre’ in London will take
Blog: causation key issue for litigants in Libor claims
The recent decision by the court in the claim brought by Guardian Care Homes against Barclays (see story 30 October 2012), allowing the claimant to bring the manipulation of LIBOR into a case on hedge mis-selling, highlights the storm clouds that still gather around the banking sector and may indicate a lack of trust of banks in the Courts.
NightJack and phone-hacking - spending big to settle small?
Last week Mr Justice Vos gave his latest directions in the second tranche of News of the World phone-hacking cases.
Competition clash
Claims for competition cases are expected to rocket next year with litigators reporting an renewed interest in follow-on damages claims from corporate clients.
Summer slog for sports and IP lawyers
Sports lawyers are in demand this summer with London hosting the Olympic Games. Yesterday’s High Court ruling in Leeds United FC v West Yorkshire Police over who should pick up the tab for policing matches is expected to keep the footballing lawyers busy this summer.
Banks are "hungry monsters"
New figures released by the Ministry of Justice show recession-related litigation in the High Court has rocketed in the last 12 months.
The return of big bank litigation?
No sooner do we glimpse the light at the end of the Leveson tunnel than another express train of public opinion comes rushing up on the rails to blot it out. Lord Justin Leveson and 39 Essex Street’s Robert Jay QC are due to wrap up the phone-hacking hearing later this month.
The Italian's job
When Bonelli Erede Pappalardo partner Andrea Carlevaris becomes the secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration in September, he will be the first Italian to take up the role.
