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November 2024
Hunt ADR and The Barrister Group launch The Private Arbitration Court – a leading innovation in UK arbitration services with fixed cost fees
As of October 1, 2024, the civil justice landscape in England and Wales has taken a transformative step. A significant update to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) now embeds ...
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionise industries such as healthcare, finance, and logistics, it also raises complex legal questions, especially around data ...
The benefits of resolving disputes through mediation are well known and include speed, flexibility, cost, confidentiality and the ability to preserve relationships. It is perhaps ...
It is plausible to suggest that there is a perception held by those who lie outside of the justice system that barristers are generally very highly paid. Conversely, there is an ...
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creative fields is presenting significant challenges to copyright law, particularly in the context of English law. As AI ...
On 24 May 2021 the Privy Council gave an important judgment, stressing the wide-ranging scope and effect of the constitutional right to protection of the law. In Commissioner of ...
The long-awaited Employment Rights Bill was finally revealed at around 11am on 10th October 2024. As expected, the Bill introduces the most sweeping changes to employment law for ...
The government introduced the Property (Digital Assets etc.) Bill to the House of Lords on 11th September 2024 to reform the law concerning personal property. The bill aims to ...
In almost every case I have been involved in credit hire for over 25 years, the need for hire has been disputed in the pleaded defence. It is one of the most central issues in ...
Case Background In Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP), the key issue was whether a collateral warranty provided by Simply ...
Having trained as a teacher, and now working as a direct access barrister (someone the public can come to for legal advice without the need to go through a solicitor); I have seen ...
As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continue to evolve and integrate into various sectors, the UK government recognizes the importance of establishing a comprehensive ...
The future of free speech online is a pivotal issue in the UK and EU, where digital platforms are increasingly becoming central to public discourse. As these platforms grow in ...
At the outset, we have two (or sometimes more) parties in dispute. Hostility, rancour, and frustration - not to mention escalating cost - are frequent bedfellows. The end position ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries across the globe, and the UK is no exception. From healthcare to finance, AI is driving innovation at an ...
This paper is based on a talk Richard Clayton QC gave to the Commonwealth Lawyers Association at the 2021 Conference in Nassau, the Bahamas in September 2021.
The recent Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris had all the trappings of gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome. Billed in even respectable broadsheets as “The ...
I am doing this article as a result of my ECtHR case (Chowdhury v UK (App No: 31428/18)) in which I needed to obtain Legal Aid for my client. It was a complicated process and one ...