All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 33
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NewsConsultant solicitor was a worker, employment judge finds
Lawyer is bringing claims of unfair dismissal, unpaid wages and annual leave against a Manchester-based firm.
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NewsEmployee sanctioned for pocketing stamp duty refund
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it is ‘undesirable for her to be involved in a legal practice’.
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NewsPart-time judges lose appeal in long-running pensions dispute
‘Sense of grievance is understandable’, Employment Appeal Tribunal rules - but employment tribunal’s decision was correct.
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NewsPart-time immigration tribunal judge jailed in £1.8m legal aid scam
Barrister sentenced at Southwark Crown Court for his part in fraudulent claim for more than 350 hours of work.
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NewsBarrister fined £5,000 for not reporting SRA order
Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service also orders practitioner to pay £2,670 in costs.
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NewsAxiom Fund adviser sentenced to eight years
Sentencing at Southwark Crown Court follows conviction for taking more than £5.8m from Axiom Legal Finance Fund.
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NewsFirm defeats bid to slash legal aid fee for cracked trial
Costs judge finds firm’s ‘substantial case management' was justified, concluding 'the trial had begun in a meaningful sense’.
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News£175,000: latest move in NQ salary war
US-based international firm is the latest to announce a big increase in salary for newly qualified solicitors.
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NewsSuspension for ‘power trip’ partner who entered colleague’s hotel room in 2012
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds all allegations proven against solicitor who refused to leave recently promoted partner’s room.
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NewsJudicial Conduct Investigations Office must comply with FoI requests
Information Commissioner's Office finds that JCIO is part of judicial office - and the Ministry of Justice and MoJ must issue ‘fresh response’ to FoI request.
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NewsVideo guide for unrepresented parties in civil and family court
Support Through Court worked with legal training company Bond Solon to produce the seven-minute video.
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NewsNew security regime at Stratford: enhanced searches only for protester courtrooms
Law Society welcomes changes which follow 'serious incidents' at Stratford Magistrates' Court.
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NewsFraudster who raided client’s bank account struck off
Former partner admits she misappropriated £7,850 from client’s bank account over a four-year period.
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NewsA&O Shearman latest to up NQ pay to £150k
Firm’s increase for its London NQs and junior lawyers follows a string of increases from comparable firms.
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NewsSolicitor coerced vulnerable client into sending explicit images
Case-handler claimed he needed images to support a non-molestation order application.
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NewsBar revives royal commission idea for criminal justice
Criminal justice system ‘can no longer operate in crisis mode, lurching from one emergency measure to another, week after week’.
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News‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor fails in abuse of process application
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is told legal threats made by lawyer over Covid-19 vaccines were part of an ‘ideological campaign’.
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NewsJudge stays financial proceedings to allow non-court resolution
Divorce hearing is a 'paradigm case' for the court to exercise its new powers on ADR.
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NewsCourtwatchers expose a 'wild west'
A mass observation project which sat in on more than 1,100 magistrates’ court hearings found a system that ‘often falls short’, with courtwatchers ‘shocked’ by the inefficiency they witnessed.
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NewsCosts order fair where barrister forgot to renew PC
Master was ’not wrong’ to limit recovery of direct access barrister’s fees.