Despite London’s long established reputation as a global powerhouse and key destination for international capital, it couldn’t dodge the 2022-23 market turbulence, with a 49% drop in investment . High borrowing costs impacting on investor confidence led to a global real estate investment decline. Deals over £100 million, which are crucial for driving investment volumes, …
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A former Post Office general counsel has said the organisation’s ‘aggressive’ approach to fighting litigation was borne of a desire for sub-postmasters to get to the truth of what happened. In a witness statement provided to the Post Office Inquiry, Jane MacLeod said she regretted that her decisions prolonged resolution of issues and extended the …
When I was first going through my divorce, I just wanted to wake up from the nightmare that was my life and let out a really huge scream. I didn’t want to eat, I couldn’t sleep. Focus? What was that? Life as I knew it died. And it was an excruciating death. Then, I started …
In an old “Looney Tunes” bit, a school-age Elmer Fudd walks off a precipice but does not fall. He hadn’t learned gravity yet. A young Bugs Bunny gives him the book Gravity for Beginners, and you can guess what happens next. Real life is not as forgiving as animation. What happens when you can’t tell …
ISLAMABAD: The government is contemplating launching 5G services could be further delayed by more than a year due to prolonged court cases. The spectrum auction has already been pending for several years for the same reason. According to the details available from the Economic Advisory Wing of the Ministry of Finance, the IT ministry has …
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The Ministry of Justice has been told to ‘get a grip’ on the courts crisis after the National Audit Office today branded as unachievable the government’s stated ambition of bringing the Crown court backlog down to 53,000 by next March. The public spending watchdog decided to investigate after the backlog reached a record high of …
In the past few weeks, News Corp, the Financial Times and Dotdash Meredith became the latest news organizations to strike licensing deals with OpenAI, while Axel Springer and Informa teamed up with Microsoft. Under the terms of the FT deal, financial details of which are unknown, OpenAI will get access to content from both sides …
Mis-sold commercial energy claims are on the rise nationwide, but leading litigation experts are warning there could be thousands of small businesses who still have no idea they have been targeted. Earlier this year, North Tyneside-based Business Energy Claims (BEC) hit the headlines after helping recover more than £14,000 for a small amusement arcade business …
Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government and prison chiefs have taken a series of crisis measures because of overcrowding, including plans to free convicted criminals early and using police cells to house …
