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Why housing disrepair claims against councils have leapt by nearly 400%
15+ hour, 36+ min ago (916+ words) Posted by Daniel Brito, managing director of Legal Futures Associate National Claims Brito: Might rising claims lead to broader change? Housing disrepair claims against councils have surged dramatically in recent years, with some areas reporting increases approaching a staggering 400%. The…...
"Deplorable" vaginal mesh solicitor put money before clients
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (700+ words) Surgical mesh: SRA received complaints for two years before shutting down firm A solicitor who acted for hundreds of women in vaginal mesh claims has been struck off for "deplorable" conduct which involved "a profound failure to protect his clients…...
Judge: Unqualified agency advocates "risk undermining legal system"
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (915+ words) Young: Circumstances almost identical to previous case The use of unqualified advocates by agencies has "the potential to undermine the integrity of the legal system, a judge has ruled. "To allow unqualifed persons to routinely represent parties in court if…...
Solicitor develops free software to organise court bundles
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (646+ words) Sherliker: Bun Tool has grown much faster than I expected A City solicitor has invented free software that aims to make producing PDF court bundles hassle-free for lawyers and litigants in person (Li Ps) alike. Tris Sherliker, an IP lawyer…...
Law Society and Bar Council back brief over Trump attack on law firms
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (712+ words) The Law Society and Bar Council are among 20 European bar associations to back an amici curiae brief supporting four US law firms in court action over executive orders issued by Donald Trump. The Law Society of Scotland and the CCBE…...
Litigation funder announces huge loss after cases fail
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (989+ words) Moloney: Most challenging period in LCM's history Troubled funder Litigation Capital Management (LCM) lost A$112m (58m) in the last six months of 2025 due to two major case defeats and an adverse costs order in a third exceeding its after-the-event insurance cover. The…...
US personal injury firm attracts $125m private equity investment
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (819+ words) Arizona: Firm founder touts national ambitions A personal injury law firm in Arizona has launched a management services organisation (MSO) with a $125m (94m) investment from an unnamed private equity backer. The deal values the MSO, Rafi Law Services, at approximately $450m. It…...
Motor finance " the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (823+ words) Guest post by Kavon Hussain, principal of Manchester law firm Consumer Rights Solicitors The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator. For decades, the…...
Formal warning for High Court judge over judgment delays
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (465+ words) Sweeting: Three complaints in four years A High Court judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct over significant delays in handing down judgments in two cases " but cleared of using AI in drafting one of them. Mr…...
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (1097+ words) Guest post by Greg Cox, CEO of Simpson Millar and part of the team that represented CILEX in the Court of Appeal Cox: There has to be a better way Lots of column inches will be written about the legal…...