All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 26
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NewsLady chief justice calls for sustainable funding and digital transformation
Lord chancellor Shabana Mahmood also discussed ‘long-term plan’ for justice system at Mansion House dinner.
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NewsWarning for magistrate who used status to put pressure on company
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says magistrate, with unblemised conduct record, intervened in contractual dispute.
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NewsBHP ‘cynically and doggedly’ tried to avoid responsibility for dam collapse, court hears
Mining giant denies liability claim over Fundão Dam collapse brought against it in the English courts.
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NewsJudgment reserved in fee test cases against Slater and Gordon
High Court hearing dealing with test claims comes to a close as Slater and Gordon denies that cap in conditional fee agreements is unfair.
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NewsBrazil dam collapse liability trial opens in London
Rolls Building hearing on liability, before Mrs Justice O’Farrell, is expected to last 12 weeks.
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NewsFormal warning for recorder with 12 points on licence
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says judge reported his driving disqualification but failed to reveal when he exceeded six points.
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NewsMagistrate advised over comments betraying ‘unconscious bias’
Magistrate denied her comments were antisemitic and was found not to have acted maliciously but to have ‘demonstrated a lack of awareness’.
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NewsCampaigners call for resurrection of standalone SLAPPs bill
Event in parliament hears pleas for legislative vehicle to prevent abusive legal threats after general election thwarted last attempt.
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NewsManaging partner asked junior to lie in client email
Tribunal finds solicitor acted ‘dishonestly’ in instructing junior colleague who was only three weeks’ qualified.
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NewsQuinn Emanuel ordered to reveal ‘middleman’ in alleged arbitration forgery
Russian billionaire granted application for disclosure as he ‘genuinely seeks lawful redress of a serious wrong’.
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NewsSlater and Gordon in court over settlement deduction claim
The High Court costs hearing is dealing with test cases over personal injury settlements.
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NewsSDT lifts solicitor’s suspension with ‘stringent conditions’
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal accepts lawyer had 'insight into, and remorse for, his misconduct'.
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NewsIn depth: SFO's settlement with ENRC is not the end of the saga
Serious Fraud Office settles with ENRC on the courtroom steps – but the use of a confidential order to keep secret details of the deal raises questions about transparency and the public interest.
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News'Legally misconceived': top defence silk condemns SRA prosecution and costs appeal
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it is ‘looking into’ the case in which it is accused of not disclosing all evidence in costs appeal.
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News‘Alleges’ expunged from Cafcass domestic abuse policy
New policy follows 2020 report which found the family justice system did not effectively protect victims of domestic abuse.
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NewsFirm entitled to 75% of its costs after seeing off negligence claim
High Court judge finds Yorkshire-based firm ‘should receive large proportion’ of its costs.
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News‘Wagatha’: no misconduct over costs transparency by Rooney’s solicitors
Senior costs judge highlights that statement of truth in budget form may need to be looked at to see if it is ‘sufficiently clear’.
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News‘We have agreement’: ENRC and SFO settle on court steps
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and Serious Fraud Office reach undisclosed agreement at opening of seven-week hearing.
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NewsApologetic magistrate spoken to over ‘unacceptable’ behaviour in court
JCIO said magistrate spoke to a legal adviser in a manner that upset her.
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NewsUnregistered barrister disbarred over job application claim
BSB says public should expect ‘barristers are accurate in representing any practising history or entitlement to practise’.