All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 27
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NewsCider taste test judge rules for budget brand in trade mark case
High Court says Aldi’s cloudy lemon cider does not infringe Somerset-based cider company Thatchers’ IP rights.
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NewsJudge will sit alone after jury tampering in fraud trial
‘Jury tampering did not find its reward in an otherwise fair trial being stopped’, lady chief justice rules.
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NewsCPS breached data rules with unencrypted case file
Staff member copied historical child abuse case file onto USB device to pass onto colleague dealing with case, Information Commissioner’s Office found.
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NewsState immunity 'irrelevant' in $124m arbitration award, High Court finds
Case centered on a $124m arbitration award plus a further $1 in ‘moral damages and costs’ against Zimbabwe over land.
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NewsTonic for IP lawyers as M&S gin battle heads to Court of Appeal
Appeal judges will hear the supermarkets’ arguments over a festive gin-based liqueur.
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NewsWasted costs order refused against representative who 'did his client's bidding'
Employment judge blames client’s behaviour for lay representative's failure to deal with case appropriately.
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NewsArbitrator in $14.9bn case jailed following intervention by Malaysia
Arbitrator’s sentence in Spain highlights need to be alive to risk from potential breaches of process, experts warn.
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NewsFormal advice for High Court judge over late judgment
JCIO says the judgment was issued more than a year after the hearing and no indication was given to the parties when it could be expected.
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NewsCompetition authority has power to require overseas documents, CoA rules
Decision overturns a Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling in favour of motor manufacturers BMW and VW in cartel claim.
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NewsProfessional bodies call for private prosecution probe
Government asked to revisit the recommendations of the Justice Committee inquiry on safeguards.
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NewsFirst High Court hearing in Nobby Stiles brain injury claim
Group seeking compensation from football authorities includes the family of England World Cup winner who died in 2020.
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NewsUnregistered barrister disbarred for dishonestly misleading regulator
Lawyer provided false information as part of his authorisation to practise application, tribunal finds.
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NewsFormer solicitor ordered to pay back £3,000 in £3m fraud
Christopher Bilmes, jailed for 56 months last year, appeared remotely at Lewes Crown Court this morning.
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News'Degraded' courts: Sheffield flooded out; Rolls hit by power cut; Old Bailey masonry injures pedestrian
Law Society president condemns ‘degradation of courts estate across England and Wales due to decades of underinvestment’.
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NewsMore family courts open to journalists
Pilot will now be extended to 16 other courts across England following a ‘pioneering year’ of family court reporting.
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NewsTweeting barrister’s employment tribunal appeal dismissed
High Court judge finds appeal over dismissal of Jon Holbrook’s claim to be without merit.
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NewsClyde fined £500,000 after admitting due diligence failure
Top-50 international firm admitted failing to carry out due dligence on a corporate client for more than five years.
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NewsDoctors not liable for distress to patients’ families, Supreme Court confirms
The appeals, concerning compensation claims for psychiatric illnesses caused by seeing a loved one die, were dismissed by a majority verdict.
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NewsWild camping case to go to Supreme Court
Supreme Court ‘will determine once and for all this important issue’ of whether the public has a right to camp on the Dartmoor commons.
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NewsBarrister ordered to pay over £155k for harm to assistant’s mental health
Barrister’s ‘discriminatory treatment’ caused former employee’s ‘health collapse’, employment tribunal rules.