The costs of litigation in the recent case of Bates v Post Office have climbed above £35 million, a number which many have termed “excessive”.
Peter Herbert, the chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, is suing the Ministry of Justice for racial discrimination. This raises long-standing concerns about the judiciary’s composition and will potentially trigger more substantive discourse on diversity in the legal profession.
Two lawyers from major city law firm Clyde & Co have been suspended for alleged financial misconduct, whilst an internal investigation is underway.
The billionaire businessman and Brexit campaign funder Arron Banks issued a legal threat to Netflix about their new documentary The Great Hack (released on 24th July), demanding “to see any allegations in the film, and be given a chance to respond”.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia found by a majority 2-1 decision that Amazon had breached the Communications Decency Act 1996 and thus is liable for the product it sold on its platform that caused the customer to lose sight in one eye.
Following the recommendations of Sir Rupert Jackson, a former judge of the Court of Appeal, fixed recoverable costs (FRC) will now be extended to the majority of civil cases that are worth up to £100,000.
A two-year pilot of new civil disclosure rules gets underway.