All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 5
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NewsLady chief justice rues crumbling courts estate
Baroness Carr says judges 'have often lived with something so long, they’re just keeping a stiff upper lip’.
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NewsLaw firm and partner ordered to pay £53,000 in fines and costs for AML failures
Sanctions imposed for 'failings which continued over a significant period of time'.
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NewsCompetition Appeal Tribunal urged to approve £200m Mastercard settlement
Litigation funder in Walter Merricks v Mastercard opposes deal, alleging that it amounts to 'capitulation'.
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NewsSupreme Court gives ‘welcome confirmation’ on Insolvency Act
Judgment ‘puts paid to an argument that would have given recalcitrant debtors an obvious route to avoid their obligations’.
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NewsMagistrate sanctioned over social media posts on Palestine
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office stresses that magistrates must ‘not comment on matters of controversy’.
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NewsEmployment tribunal’s miscalculated remedy leads to cut in payout
Oldham-based firm Inaaya Solicitors has now been ordered to pay its former paralegal £39,564 rather than £41,411.78.
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NewsConcerns about judicial security at 'all-time high' - LCJ
Lady chief justice reveals she has written to prime minister over 'unacceptable' exchange in parliament.
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NewsParties contest points of Nigerian law as High Court hears preliminary issues in oil spill case
Claimants in London seek injunctive relief and unspecified damages from oil giant Shell, which denies liability for pollution.
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NewsBarrister suspended over 'nude photo suggestion'
Bar Standards Board says ‘inappropriate conduct of a sexualised nature is not something public should expect’.
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NewsSupreme Court quashes trader's extradition in 'landmark' judgment
Solicitor hails ‘an important check on overreach by the US authorities' which ends 'a five-and-a-half year nightmare’ for his client.
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NewsOil spill claim against Shell heads to High Court
Preliminary hearing will determine the scope of legal issues to be heard at the full trial in 2026.
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NewsAxiom Ince criminal trial fixed for 2027
One of the former executives facing criminal charges has denied the allegations; the remaining four have not entered pleas.
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NewsFamily court judge names sperm donor to ‘protect women'
'Joe Donor' opposed the application arguing it infringed his Article 8 rights which judge finds he ‘allowed to be lost’ when he spoke to press.
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NewsCommittal application goes to family court after criminal court's 'inordinate' delays
December 2026 criminal trial date is more than five years after first report of alleged breach of non-molestation order.
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NewsMagistrate’s 'sweet dreams' comment to defendant leads to sanction
Magistrate apologised for his ‘inappropriate’ comment which placed prison officer ‘at unnecessary risk of injury’.
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NewsDismissal of Afghan judge’s application to relocate to UK was ‘correct’
'Plight weighed heavily upon me,' High Court judge acknowledges.
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NewsHear my trial a comin’: appeal dismissed in Jimi Hendrix dispute
Keystone Law, which represents Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell’s estates, said it hopes to ‘now obtain justice’ for the musicians’ families.
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NewsDistrict judge sanctioned over 11-month court order delay
Judge believed she had sent order but her failure to respond to chaser emails ‘contributed materially’ to the delay, JCIO says.
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NewsSDT to hear solicitor's 'SLAPP' charge seven years after alleged misconduct
Allegations against Hamlins solicitor dating from 2018 will be the subject of substantive hearing in October.
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NewsLLP faces potential £200m tax bill after HMRC appeal
Court of Appeal finds first-tier tribunal and upper tribunal erred in law when considering wording of condition in relation to LLP members.