New Guideline Hourly Rates for solicitors, effective from yesterday www.civillitigationbrief.com/2026/01/02/n...

This is awful. Please spread the word about this “payment into court” scam

My favourite opening line for a 2025 judgment. From @civlittweet.bsky.social excellent commentary. #Language and #Law

This is information that must be shared far and wide. Fraudsters pretending to be court enforcement agencies conning money out of vulnerable parties. (No paywall) www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/12/22/f...

www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/11/24/c... Allegations of contributory negligence & accidents at work are subject to particular legal principles. The practical implications of these are considered in this webinar.

Webinar on contributory negligence in road traffic cases tomorrow. If you miss it, and it becomes important, it will be partly your own fault... www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/11/18/c...

How about this for freebie’s at the ACL conference? (Although I thought modern publishers discouraged footnotes…)

Andrew Roy KC speaking on the problems caused by Mazur

Setting up at the ACL conference today

... generative AI.” The judge sanctioned the lawyer for violating Bankruptcy Rule 9011 (for legal contentions not warranted by existing law). The sanctions consisted of attorneys’ fees, mandatory CLE, and referral to disciplinary counsel. No sanctions mentioned for the client.

... the lawyer admitted that his client (a former paralegal) did the legal research for him, that he didn’t check all the cases, and that he didn’t know whether or not the client used #artificialintelligence. The judge put the client up on the stand and she admitted she used “some form of ...(cont.)

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I save time by using the #AI legal research my non-lawyer client gave me? A TX lawyer in a bankruptcy matter submitted a brief to the court with over thirty false or incorrect citations. When questioned about it by the judge ... (cont.) lnkd.in/eBvFb9bw #lawsky #law

LSB grants CILEX application for members to be granted stand alone Litigation Rights. www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/11/03/m...

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

"A French data scientist and lawyer, Damien Charlotin, has catalogued at least 490 court filings in the past six months that contained “hallucinations,” which are AI responses that contain false or misleading information. The pace is accelerating as more people use AI, he said.

First report of a case where Mazur had an impact on costs. £3,000 reduced to £500 www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/10/30/m...

WORLD TRIPE DAY - October 24, 2025 - share.google/Kik3jziIdMoC...

Why Mazur makes absolutely no difference to the assessment of costs... www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/10/15/m...

I have had a few cases recently where this type of thing has cropped up. The tell so far are papers which say “the evidence shows…” and then there’s no evidence or it actually shows something else entirely…

More about Mazur. I am wringing out the guidance we can get from the statute, the case law and the regulators and seeing how litigators can fully protect themselves in practice www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/10/13/m...

I (jointly) got to get this into law. (With @justinbates.bsky.social and @queensparkkaren.bsky.social ) www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/34

Webinar on witness statements www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/10/08/w...

Thanks for making this free to view. It is so important. Your wise words to only rely on source materials should be heeded by everyone. Some "commentators" are expressing unwise opinions that are based on blind prayers.