The High Court’s dieselgate ruling has largely gone the car makers’ way, which is bad news for claimant lawyers and good news for anyone who enjoys watching mass litigation refuse to die cleanly. The Pan-NOx litigation concerns diesel vehicles produced…

The Crown Prosecution Service has apologised after hallucinated AI cases reached the High Court, which is the legal equivalent of serving soup with a fork and then blaming the cutlery. The episode, reported on 14 July, involved the High Court…

A family separation case is in the Court of Appeal. The Home Office is appealing after the Upper Tribunal allowed appeals by a family of Afghan nationals seeking entry to the UK on Article 8 human rights grounds. Article 8…

A £2,750 dispute can cast a long legal shadow when the words around it are PPI, commission and unfairness. The Court of Appeal is hearing Orton v Barclays Bank UK Plc, trading as Barclaycard, on 8 July. The appeal concerns…

The Bar has delivered a useful reminder. Professional reputation does not clock off when the wig goes back in the box. A disciplinary tribunal has disbarred Paul Wynell-Sutherland after convictions for drink driving, failing to stop for a police officer,…

The Legal Ombudsman has published the kind of annual report that says the ship is turning while politely admitting it is still taking on water. Its latest figures show a service improving, but not quickly enough to make anyone unbutton…

A 436-page privacy judgment has landed with the weight of a small sideboard and the mood of a teacher who has found glitter in the carpet – prove the case, do not ask the court to conduct an archaeological dig.…

AI in the courts is not frightening because it is clever. It is frightening because it may be clever on someone else’s terms. Dame Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s Bench Division, has warned that judicial independence could be compromised…