All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 23
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NewsJudge given formal advice over ‘chill out’ remark to counsel
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the judge had shown regret for his behaviour which ‘fell short of the standards expected’.
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News‘Know your client’ questions caught out bitcoin money launderer
Woman convicted on one count of entering into or becoming concerned in a money laundering arrangement at Southwark Crown Court.
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NewsFormal warning for district judge following firm’s multiple complaints
Judge did not agree her actions amounted to misconduct but accepted some of her comments were ‘intemperate’.
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NewsFirm appeals strike-out refusal over alleged negligence claim
Case concerns interpretations of the word 'claim', Court of Appeal hears.
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NewsJudge gives MP Bridgen chance to amend case in Hancock tweet dispute
Claim by MP Andrew Bridgen against former health secretary Matthew Hancock ‘defective’ but ‘capable of being cured’.
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NewsYellow circle wars: Lidl wins Court of Appeal round
Trial judge's findings over wordless mark were 'surprising', but not rationally unsupportable.
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NewsOne in five bar pupils experiences bullying, harassment or discrimination
Bar Council’s latest pupil survey explores pupillage experience, finding 94% would ‘definitely’ or ‘possibly’ recommend a career at the bar.
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NewsCircuit judge’s delay in four cases leads to formal advice for misconduct
Judge apologises for delay caused by 'workload being too great'.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears from SFO in former traders’ rigging appeal
Criminal Case Review Commission referred both cases to the CoA following approach taken by US court but there is ‘nothing in judgment’, court told.
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NewsSolicitor struck off over ‘misleading’ time records
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said the lawyer was ‘dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people’.
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NewsJury wrongly directed in former trader’s LIBOR rigging case, CoA told
Ex-traders Tom Hayes’ and Carlo Palombo’s appeals are being heard by Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan.
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NewsRestrictions on national firm staff following principles breaches
Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decisions related to ‘discrete episodes of individual misbehaviour’, Irwin Mitchell says.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears traders’ cases against rate rigging convictions
Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan will be hearing the three-day appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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NewsJury discharged in Duncan Lewis knife threat trial
The jury sitting in the trial at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court was discharged today.
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NewsSolicitor tells court of death threat from 'horrifying…stone cold' defendant
Receptionist managed to kick a knife away before a solicitor restrained Cavan Medlock, who denies two charges against him, court hears.
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NewsEducation charity calls on volunteers for legal lessons campaign
Law Society and Mishcon de Reya put their support behind Young Citizens’ The Big Legal Lesson.
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NewsNews focus: Initiative to clear rape cases is 'plaster for a bullet wound'
A new initiative to clear rape cases which have been in the system for more than two years is welcome, but lawyers say investment in a dedicated workforce is the only way to tackle the backlog properly.
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NewsJudge asks attorney general to identify former solicitor as vexatious litigant
Solicitors Regulation Authority says the ex-lawyer’s ‘unfortunate obsession’ with the regulator and Law Society continues ‘unabated’.
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News‘Special permission’ granted for law clinic’s family court base
Teesside University Law Clinic says the new family court initative is ‘one of only two similar schemes in the whole country’.
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NewsBarrister disbarred over fee note
Bar Standards Board says sanction reflects that ‘dishonesty is wholly incompatible with membership of the bar’.