All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 28
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NewsSolicitor 'motivated by compassion' fined £10,000 for misleading court
The lawyer, a former employee at a City firm, told county court that she could act as a sole practitioner.
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NewsImmigration business discriminated against solicitor employee over race
Firm’s owner was ‘affronted’ and ‘offended’ by lawyer’s resignation, employment tribunal finds.
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NewsHigh Court refuses to redact civil servants’ names in Parole Board recommendation JR
'I cannot see that naming people and how they did their jobs is contrary to any legitimate interest,' judge rules.
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NewsSolicitor announced as chair of the pensions ombudsman
Former senior partner at international firm Eversheds steps into the role with ‘mixed emotions’ after the death of Caroline Rookes.
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NewsSolicitor fined and ordered to pay £4,000 costs following self-report to SRA
Practitioner was not aware of a 2019 rule change regarding acting without pay for family and friends without PII.
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NewsEx-employee must pay £4,000 costs over ‘revenge’ claim against international firm
Employment judge describes former employee’s approach to claim as ‘designed to cause maximum disruption’ to Hogan Lovells.
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NewsWill-writer firm hit with costs for unsuccessful challenge to charity bequest
Firm not ‘solely responsible for the whole problem’ - but judge finds ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way instructions were taken.
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NewsGrenfell solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim
Employment judge finds failure to consider possibility of an alternative role was ‘outside range of reasonable responses’.
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NewsFormal warning for speeding magistrate
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office panel said offences amounted to serious misconduct.
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NewsJudge dismisses disclosure application in Dechert case
Judge expresses sympathy with the difficulties of obtaining evidence but says disclosure could reveal a journalist's source.
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NewsMagistrate removed for withholding ‘important information’ from application
JCIO says applicants are required to disclose any information which might bring magistracy into disrepute.
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NewsCash seizure order valid despite court delay
Divisional Court judges dismiss judicial review application over lawfulness of re-seizure of £400,000 by HMRC.
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NewsStay application dismissed in Brazil dam group claim
High Court judge dismisses application to stay proceedings on its merits, finding that any dispute over arbitration clause ‘will be dealt with by court’.
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NewsJudicial salaries: Chalk urges review to consider ‘affordability’
Major review of the judicial salary structure will be commissioned after recruitment of a new judicial lead and permanent chair.
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News$11bn Nigeria arbitration award finally set aside as appeal denied
Judge finds leave to appeal ‘would not be just’ as Nigeria praises lawyers who helped in ‘historic victory’.
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NewsSFO 'vital participant in wrongdoing', judge states in latest ENRC judgment
Court rules in second stage of litigation between mining giant ENRC, international firm Dechert and Serious Fraud Office.
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NewsSenior associate struck off over 'falsified' PI claim form
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds London practitioner's motivation was to ‘get himself out of a problem’.
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NewsNew stats show public family court proceedings exceed 10 months
Cafcass’ annual report states high number of open cases and long case durations cause ‘significant’ impact on children.
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NewsPartial victory for legal aid firm in prosecution evidence appeal
Firm challenged officer's decision to halve the number of pages of prosecution evidence on which fee was based.
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NewsAI is not and never was an inventor for patent purposes, Supreme Court rules
Justices say parliament must decide if a computer program can be named and recognised as an inventor.