All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 12
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NewsRecord number of solicitors call mental health charity
‘Need for trusted, accessible and sector-specific support has never been greater’, LawCare chief says.
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NewsOatly’s 'post milk generation' trade mark sours in Supreme Court
Judgment shows the UK will 'take a strict approach to the use of protected dairy terms closely aligned with the EU'.
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NewsSolicitor convicted of stalking court observer
Lawyer’s conduct ‘involved aggressive threats of litigation and uninvited sexual innuendo’, district judge rules.
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NewsCoroner’s two-year adjournment amounted to misconduct
Conduct did not place deceased family at the heart of the inquest, JCIO says.
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News£1.3bn needed to get Welsh courts up to standard - LCJ
Lady Carr becomes the first chief justice to give evidence to a Senedd committee.
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NewsFirm can go ahead with JR of ombudsman decision
High Court finds London practice has an ‘arguable ground of challenge’ over the £60,000 award despite procedural breaches.
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News'Video vans' and mobile courtrooms could help backlog - SERCO
SERCO director gives suggestions on how to ease court delays in speech during second Justice for All event.
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NewsAdministrative failures create 'inaccessible justice' for LiPs
Research from Blind Justice, a community interest company, found 92% of the cases it analysed had missing or unprocessed documents.
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NewsMagistrate’s call to radio show was misconduct
Office-holder identified his role and ‘entered a public debate on a government policy proposal’, JCIO says.
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NewsMaster of rolls predicts surge in AI-generated claims
AI will decide minor legal disputes ‘faster and cheaper’ than judges, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
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NewsJournalist wins right to expert reports in family cases
‘Without transparency the Family Court cannot be fully accountable for the decisions its judges make,’ says judge.
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News'Stalking victim' wanted a legal career, solicitor tells judge
Stratford magistrates’ court hears allegation of physical encounter in lifts of Royal Courts of Justice.
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NewsFormal advice for district judge over delays
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says judgment delays of ‘just under’ 11 months and 10 months amounted to misconduct.
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NewsSRA must pay Carter-Ruck partner costs in failed 'SLAPP' case
Practitioner subject to ‘legally flawed’ SRA proceedings is claiming around £1 million from regulator.
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NewsSolicitor appeals 'disproportionate' SDT sanction
Suspended practitioner tells court there was no clear link between his conduct and tribunal's finding of breach of integrity.
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NewsCCRC refers former City trader convictions to Court of Appeal
After the Supreme Court quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, commission says ‘jury misdirection and legal errors have undermined the safety of all the [rate-rigging] convictions’.
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NewsMail fail: SDT dismisses allegation against third immigration sting solicitor
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds allegations not proved in latest prosecution setback for SRA.
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NewsOver a third of magistrates' hearings delayed or adjourned, report finds
More than 2,300 hearings in various London courts were observed by volunteer ‘courtwatchers’ over a five-month period.
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NewsExtending criminal contempt to foreign proceedings would open floodgates, BHP warns
Judgment reserved by the lady chief justice, Lord Justice Popplewell and Lord Justice Phillips in latest Mariana dam collapse litigation.
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NewsVictims' right-to-review scheme expands
Under the scheme, complainants can ask for an independent review before a final decision on dropping a case is made.