Month: July 2023

This post was originally published on this siteA number of adverse costs awards against Liverpool law firm High Street Solicitors pushed its insurance premiums up and contributed to its collapse, administrators have revealed. The post Rising PII premium helped put paid to Liverpool claims firm appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA London law firm that took an assignment of nearly £2.5m owed to a client to pay its fees has been granted summary judgment by the High Court. The post Firm wins £2.5m claim after client assigns loan to pay outstanding fees appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Court of Appeal last week overturned a decision that £2.7bn collective proceedings over a foreign exchange spot-trading cartel should be on an opt-in, rather than opt-out, basis. The post CA overturns ruling that £2.7bn class action should proceed as opt-in appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has become prominent in many sectors from marketing to financial services and healthcare – and many media outlets continue to debate whether technology can ever replace human touch and interaction. The post 3 reasons it’s good to be human in an AI […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe gig economy and zero-hour contracts have been growing in significance and scale in recent years. However, they raise major issues concerning levels of worker protection in terms of working time. The post The emerging shadow of the gig economy within UK labour law: unstable working hours appeared […]

This post was originally published on this siteSearch Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for June 2023. The post The increase is positive, but comes from a low base indicative of stagnating UK economy appeared first on Legal Futures.