All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 3
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NewsLargest tribunal centre in the country to open - at last
Seven-storey building on Newgate Street, London, was initially expected to be in operation by the end of 2023.
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NewsCourt of Protection declines to replace single joint expert in capacity case
Judge orders expert to submit a second ‘focused’ report following disagreement over original assessment.
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NewsSFO investigates 'troubling' disclosure issues
Lawyers query whether agency is 'fit for purpose' following latest admission of e-discovery challenges.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses JR over EHRC trans guidance
Lead claimant Good Law Project told that despite 'sincere interest in the subject matter' it did not have standing.
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NewsJudges slash dieselgate costs amid 'over-lawyering' concerns
Claimants were on the 'wrong side of the line’ in original budgets costs management judgment notes.
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NewsRecord number of solicitors call mental health charity
‘Need for trusted, accessible and sector-specific support has never been greater’, LawCare chief says.
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NewsOatly’s 'post milk generation' trade mark sours in Supreme Court
Judgment shows the UK will 'take a strict approach to the use of protected dairy terms closely aligned with the EU'.
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NewsSolicitor convicted of stalking court observer
Lawyer’s conduct ‘involved aggressive threats of litigation and uninvited sexual innuendo’, district judge rules.
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NewsCoroner’s two-year adjournment amounted to misconduct
Conduct did not place deceased family at the heart of the inquest, JCIO says.
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News£1.3bn needed to get Welsh courts up to standard - LCJ
Lady Carr becomes the first chief justice to give evidence to a Senedd committee.
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NewsFirm can go ahead with JR of ombudsman decision
High Court finds London practice has an ‘arguable ground of challenge’ over the £60,000 award despite procedural breaches.
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News'Video vans' and mobile courtrooms could help backlog - SERCO
SERCO director gives suggestions on how to ease court delays in speech during second Justice for All event.
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NewsAdministrative failures create 'inaccessible justice' for LiPs
Research from Blind Justice, a community interest company, found 92% of the cases it analysed had missing or unprocessed documents.
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NewsMagistrate’s call to radio show was misconduct
Office-holder identified his role and ‘entered a public debate on a government policy proposal’, JCIO says.
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NewsMaster of rolls predicts surge in AI-generated claims
AI will decide minor legal disputes ‘faster and cheaper’ than judges, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
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NewsJournalist wins right to expert reports in family cases
‘Without transparency the Family Court cannot be fully accountable for the decisions its judges make,’ says judge.
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News'Stalking victim' wanted a legal career, solicitor tells judge
Stratford magistrates’ court hears allegation of physical encounter in lifts of Royal Courts of Justice.
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NewsFormal advice for district judge over delays
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says judgment delays of ‘just under’ 11 months and 10 months amounted to misconduct.
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NewsSRA must pay Carter-Ruck partner costs in failed 'SLAPP' case
Practitioner subject to ‘legally flawed’ SRA proceedings is claiming around £1 million from regulator.
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NewsSolicitor appeals 'disproportionate' SDT sanction
Suspended practitioner tells court there was no clear link between his conduct and tribunal's finding of breach of integrity.