Litigation

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9 Dec 2020

Housing and the Equality Act: 10 years on

Alternatives may be required of landlords before the court will accept evicting a disabled tenant is justified, as Sarah Steinhardt and Daniel Clarke explain

4 Dec 2020

Increase guideline hourly rate by 35 pc, says judge

Guideline hourly rates (GHR) should be increased by 35% to reflect inflation pending the outcome of a review, a High Court has said 

3 Dec 2020

Fee income boost for Browne Jacobson's advocacy arm

Ten years after being authorised to host barrister pupillages, Browne Jacobson's advocacy arm has announced an 18% growth income for 2019-2020 

2 Dec 2020

The crypto conundrum

Civil remedies can be a more meaningful tool than the criminal process to combat crypto fraud, as Jason Woodland explains

25 Nov 2020

From doleiros in Janeiros to London's real estate

Lawyers must break the chain of financial crime, Stephen Baker and Jessica Henson say 

25 Nov 2020

Clarifying costs variations

A rule update streamlines the process of revising and varying a costs budget, as Adam Grant explains

23 Nov 2020

Aspiration or commitment?

The government's legal support grant for litigants in person does not fulfil on its commitments, as Pippa Allsop explains

19 Nov 2020

Unmeritorious court applications

One of the few new entries into the SRA code was not to waste the court's time, says Susanna Heley