All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 3
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NewsFormal warning for magistrate cautioned for slapping family member
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says magistrate accepted full responsibility for his actions which he ‘deeply regretted’.
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NewsFirm wins legal aid appeal over 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence
Legal Aid Agency’s determining officer conceded only 882 pages of the 10,000 claimed by Wakefield-based firm.
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NewsMacfarlanes announces largest cohort of partners for years
Two-thirds of the City firm’s nine new partners are women.
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NewsSDT dismisses case against immigration solicitor over Mail sting
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds ‘nothing’ within material before SDT ‘which would permit it to make an adverse finding’.
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OpinionSidhu case: What findings can be published?
A regulation in the Bar Standards Board handbook required the five-person panel to consider anonymity.
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NewsTribunal erred in law in not granting anonymity, EAT finds
Identity of the parties in disability discrimination claim ’not critical to public understanding of the case’.
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NewsBar disciplinary system 'stacked against' misconduct victims, says Harman
Bar speaks out following tribunal's order for Jo Sidhu KC to be disbarred over sexual misconduct.
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NewsFormer criminal bar chair Sidhu disbarred for sexual misconduct
'Serious sexual misconduct in this case was overwhelmingly likely to have caused long term harm,' tribunal hears.
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NewsLondon firm faces negligence trial over £453m divorce award
Claimant alleges firm should have advised her on financial remedy order against superyacht in her divorce from oligarch.
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NewsSolicitor fined £5,500 for failure to register clients’ pub purchase
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal approved agreed outcome and also ordered the lawyer pay £1,350 costs.
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NewsMagistrate issued with formal advice over Facebook comments
Magistrate considered criticism of her ‘unreasonable’ as she took part in ‘good faith, political discussion’ on social media.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses ex-junior lawyer’s strike-off appeal
Jack Grunhut claimed he had been guided by mentors 'who were not suitable for their roles'.
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NewsSolicitor suspended following stalking conviction
‘Serious nature’ of former City lawyer’s conduct meant ‘there was a need to protect the public’, SDT judgment says.
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NewsMagistrate’s ‘lack of self-awareness’ leads to sanction
Complaints against magistrate included allegation she undermined a staff member in open court.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses negligence claim against barrister
Judge describes claim brought by businessman as 'litigation whack-a-mole'.
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NewsHigh Court judge sanctioned over 15-month delay
Mrs Justice McGowan, who apologised for the delay, said her ‘workload was too great at the time’.
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News£300,000 fine for US firm over historical AML breaches
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal approves agreed outcome on the first day of the substantive hearing against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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NewsMagistrate’s employment tribunal claim over ‘minor incident’ dismissed
Employment judge Liz Ord said there was ‘no hint of anyone being discriminatory towards the claimant’.
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NewsMining giant was 'not a polluter' in Brazil dam collapse, court hears
BHP tells High Court that claimants deployed a 'novel interpretation' of Brazilian Law.
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NewsSRA overturns Dentons acquittal in AML case
International firm will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal again as High Court quashes SDT’s decision.