Apr 23, 2016
Sometimes all anyone wants is an apology. New legislation in Scotland makes it easier to apologise without incurring liability. The Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016 (The Apologies Act) came into force on 24 February 2016. This new piece of legislation makes it possible...
Apr 21, 2016
According to Sir Clive Woodward, “he or she who wins at IT tends to win” and this is where ProMediate has an advantage in mediation as we are able to conduct mediations online, which is likely to be the future for dispute resolution. Successful mediators...
Apr 18, 2016
There is no better example perhaps of wasted legal costs than the superinjunction obtained by a celebrity to prevent citizens of England and Wales from finding out that his/her marriage is not as conventional as they think. This sums up images of someone desperately...
Apr 18, 2016
A legal dispute has begun over the authorship of Led Zeppelin’s most famous song Stairway to Heaven. It is alleged that the opening chords to the song were in fact stolen from a 1967 song Taurus, by the band Spirit. It will be heard by a jury in May, a US judge has...
Apr 16, 2016
Solicitors should be granted two free hearings annually by the complaints watchdog, the profession’s leaders said last week as they attempted to ease cost burdens of vexatious cases on smaller practices. The Law Society called on the Legal Ombudsman to revert to...
Apr 13, 2016
OPEN MEETING WITH LORD JUSTICE BRIGGS Lord Justice Briggs is holding an open meeting at the Civil Justice Centre on the 18th April at 4.30 pm. The meeting is for any interested party to attend and discuss the Civil Court Justice Review and Lord Justice Briggs interim...
