All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 2
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News'Evasive and untruthful' solicitor liable for £834k property scheme deception
Fraud claim against bankrupt solicitor ‘kept alive’ under Insolvency Act, High Court finds.
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News'Overfamiliar' district judge sacked for inappropriate conduct
Disciplinary panel recommended reprimand, but lord chancellor and lady chief justice overturned its decision.
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NewsCharities appalled as Supreme Court overturns 'acid test' on deprivation of liberty
Ruling ‘devalues the rights and dignity of disabled people in this country’, say charity interveners who warn of 'chaos'.
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NewsLady chief justice announces new High Court division
Chancellor of the High Court Sir Colin Birss will assume title of president of the Business and Property Division.
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NewsSolicitor suspended over misleading information on PII forms
East London solicitor agrees to pay more than £24,000 in costs.
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NewsPogust Goodhead faces claim for £2.2m unpaid legal bill
Master Pester allows application of London-based firm Seladore for summary judgment of PGMBM’s amended defence and counterclaim.
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NewsCourt of Appeal dismisses City firm’s appeal in CFA dispute
Judges found there was no ‘compelling reason why an appeal should be heard in this case’.
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NewsEmployment judge reprimanded over driving disqualification
Employment judge ‘displayed a lack of respect and observance of the law’, but submitted ‘compelling mitigation’.
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NewsECtHR awards damages to Polish judges denied promotion by president
Refusal without reasons or the possibility of judicial review was not 'in the interests of a State governed by the rule of law'.
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NewsLaw Society announces new deputy vice president
Brabners partner Jeff Lewis will be president at Chancery Lane in 2028.
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NewsDistrict judges sanctioned for delays
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office rules that the delays - of six months and more - amounted to misconduct.
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NewsOscar winner joins forces with Greenpeace for anti-SLAPP film
Greenpeace International has released SLAPP Suit, which dramatises the threat of - and resistance to - strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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NewsLegal aid gap 'criminalising abuse victims' - report
Centre for Women’s Justice makes five recommendations to improve support for domestic abuse victim-survivors.
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NewsFormer CPS lawyer convicted of child cruelty is struck off
When an individual prosecuting others commits a very serious offence himself, that 'plainly undermines the trust and confidence of the public'.
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NewsFormer partner at City firm loses employment appeal
First Black partner told it is not EAT’s role to ‘second guess’ the tribunal’s fact-finding.
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NewsBarrister fined over 'secret collusion' allegation loses appeal
Practitioner made 'serious and unfounded' claims of misconduct against tax officials and FTT president.
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NewsConsider apologising, family judge tells father
Father should 'really listen to what he has now been told over a number of years by different judges and professionals'.
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NewsWritten retainers with hourly rate 'could be CBAs', Court of Appeal hears
Judgment reserved in the appeal over contested £100,000 bill for divorce legal fees.
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NewsSDT fines solicitor £15,000 over failure to report drink drive convictions
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s approach to sanction was ‘grounded in the…individual circumstances of this case rather than in a mechanical application of principle’.
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NewsMagistrate sanctioned over refusal to return to court for verdict
Office holder explained that she ‘felt justice was not being done’, a spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says.