7/30/2025 2:56:06 PM 3 round 5th post 15:56: Costs risks and credit hire By PostSender a In Kindertons Ltd v Murtagh [2024] EWHC 471 (KB), which we examined in a July 2024 article (see tinyurl.com/29jetu66), the High Court...
7/30/2025 2:54:07 PM 3 round 4th post 15:54: Judicial bias – when Homer nods By PostSender a We are all human and some perhaps are more human than others. But while judges should always be unbiased and above the fray, as Roman...
7/30/2025 2:52:10 PM 3 round 3rd post 15:52 Psychiatrist negligence did not cause QC’s death By PostSender a In Zgonec-Rozej and Others v Pereira [2025] EWCA Civ 171, the claim arose from the tragic death of John Jones QC on 18 April 2016. At the...
7/30/2025 2:50:11 PM 3 round 2nd post 15:50 Standish – what is matrimonialisation? By PostSender a On 2 July the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. It dealt with the distinction between...
7/30/2025 2:48:23 PM 3 round, 1st post 15:48 Aldi’s appeal canned by the Supreme Court By PostSender a In January, in Thatchers v Aldi [2025] EWCA Civ 5, the Court of Appeal found that Aldi Stores Ltd’s (Aldi) Taurus Cloudy Lemon Cider...
7/30/2025 2:41:07 PM 2 round 4th post 15:41: In depth: Rogue housing disrepair lawyers are in the government's sights - but what about councils? By PostSender a The SRA is under pressure from government to address alleged misconduct in bulk litigation firms. The profession has a case to answer,...
7/30/2025 2:39:07 PM 2 round 3rd post 15:39: Firm fined £173,000 for inadequate checks on foreign client By PostSender a The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a fine of almost £173,000 after a firm represented a foreign client without doing the...
7/30/2025 2:37:10 PM 2 round 2nd post 15:37 Law Society 'not confident' SRA has learned its lesson over Axiom Ince By PostSender a The Law Society has told the Solicitors Regulation Authority it remains unconvinced the regulator has raised its game adequately in the...
7/30/2025 2:35:54 PM 2 round 1st post 15:35 Complaints: Society warns of regulatory overreach By PostSender a Changes proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to first-tier complaints handling could lead to regulatory overreach, the Law...
7/30/2025 2:31:52 PM 6th post 15:31 BBC exposé prompts conveyancing referral fees review By PostSender a 16Areview of referral fees paid by conveyancing firms to estate agents is to be carried out after allegations of misconduct by the BBC’s...