A judge laid up at home in bed after surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon should not have heard an optician’s disciplinary appeal by video, the Court of Appeal has ruled.Judges should only hear cases from bed
The national Law Society and Birmingham Law Society have argued against rules planned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for law firms which use litigation funding, particularly for consumer claims.However, the
An immigration firm fell below its expected standards “in a number of respects” but this did not justify the decision to withdraw its licence to operate, a tribunal has ruled.Among the findings of the
Damak v. Superior Court, 121 Cal. App. 5th 792 (2026)
Self-represented litigant Aziz Damak sued his former employer for a variety of wage and hour and wrongful discharge claims. After defendants ignored multiple discovery requests and communications from Damak, he
Del Biaggio v. Bansen, 121 Cal. App. 5th 831 (2026)
Daniel Del Biaggio sued Pete and Mary Bansen for breach of a personal services contract when they allegedly failed to provide the full benefit of the bargain under the contract
By Legal Futures Associate KordThe SRA has secured approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) for an addendum to Rule 8 of its Authorisation of Firms Rules, changing who can hold the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) and
Tung Yin, Lewis & Clark Law School, Boley Law Library, has published Microaggressions Against Asian-Americans in Hollywood…and Law Schools at 33 Asian American Law Journal 1 (2026). Here is the abstract.
Hollywood movies and television shows have a long history
Benyaminpour v Lipton 2026 NY Slip Op 05072 August 26, 2026 Appellate Division, Second Department is the kind of appellate decision where the outlying claims are trimmed and the central claim is wiped out. Here, accounting malpractice was dismissed as
A former Ontario lawyer and past president of the York Region Law Society has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of defrauding clients and repeatedly forging court documents.
Adam White was sentenced July 29 after an
The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries warned Tuesday that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies are making it harder to determine who is responsible for human rights abuses linked to mercenary and private military
