In an extraordinary example of litigation being derailed by the dragging of feet, ship owners who claimed $4.7 million following a maritime collision will go without a penny after the High Court struck out their
In a resounding warning that even minor delays in compliance with court orders will no longer be tolerated, a police force’s defence to serious claims, including race discrimination and assault, will be hamstrung after it
In a case of love conquering all – including good sense – a wife who was ‘swept off her feet’ by her lying husband and bore two of his children whilst he fleeced friends
In a telling setback to the insurance industry’s campaign to crack down on fraud, a mother-of-two who was accused of grossly exaggerating road crash injuries in a bid for a £210,000 compensation award has
Parents who claimed that they would have elected to abort their baby had they been warned that she would be born severely disabled – but who were advised by lawyers that their ‘wrongful birth’
A football club which accused its former owner of acting against its best interests by committing it to repayment of loans totalling £2.62 million without any authority has failed to convince the High Court
In a resounding message to the legal profession that the Sir Rupert Jackson reforms are biting and that a casual approach to compliance with court directions will no longer be tolerated, the Court of
The potentially dire consequences of failing to finalise contracts in writing could not be better illustrated than by a case in which project managers failed in a claim for more than $20 million in
A wealthy Russian businessman, who agreed to pay £900,000 a year to a public relations company in order to foster his good reputation with a view to achieving British citizenship, has been ordered to
In a stern warning to homeowners that it pays to get along with the neighbours, a pensioner is facing up to crushing legal bills after losing out in a marathon struggle with the couple
