Sara Partington considers cases on unfair contract terms, the duty of care owed by those providing advice on websites, lack of clarity in email contracts, and an injunction served on Twitter
The vast majority of law firms that failed to find indemnity insurance earlier this month and fell into the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP) are sole practices and two-partner firms, the SRA has revealed.
John McQuater, president of APIL, said an agreement on a new procedure and fixed costs regime for road traffic accident cases under £10,000 would cover the majority of personal injury cases.
New initiatives to help practitioners keep up to date with the funding options available to their clients should be embraced and widely implemented, says Paul Howcroft
The modern legal costs industry that was initially created to serve insurers and defendants has, in the space of little more than a decade, undergone a rise and fall that would have taken other industries decades to pass through.
Susan Singleton discusses the current consultation on the new block exemptions, the revised policy on import of counterfeit goods, the eBay illegal products judgment, anonymous bloggers, and higher fines for copyright infringement