Oct 8, 2015
I always wondered how LinkedIn could make money, but now I know, although it is probably not quite what the owners were thinking of….Congratulations to those canny US class action lawyers who have made claims on behalf of LinkedIn users who sent invitations to...
Oct 6, 2015
Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference, in the context of a debate regarding legal costs, former City solicitor and recently elected Conservative MP Alberto Costa said some of his ex-colleagues are still not doing enough to encourage and...
Oct 6, 2015
Up until now many businesses have avoided taking any action to comply with the ADR Directive that came into force from 1 October 2015 and many will be waiting until some enforcement action is taken before dealing with the new paradigm. Some may well not be...
Oct 6, 2015
With all the furore over the ADR Directive, people will perhaps have forgotten the overarching directive on mediation, designed to encourage the use of mediation in member states. Now the European Commission has made a call for a public consultation on the application...
Oct 5, 2015
If there is one area clients would agree is crying out for a more flexible approach to ADR, it is the legal sector, where the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) will not look at complaints generally after 6 months and if they involve negligence claims. If that is the case they...
Oct 5, 2015
Update: we have now heard that having rejected an offer of £1.2m, Eva Carneiro has settled her claim before giving evidence and after Jose Mourinho turned up at the Tribunal. Chelsea issued a statement, saying it “regretted the circumstances” that led to...
