All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 59
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News'Handsy' solicitor fined £30,000 for misconduct
Conduct 'significantly serious…but not so serious as to result in an order of suspension or strike off'.
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News‘Handsy’ solicitor’s actions in club were sexual, tribunal finds
Practitioner declined to give evidence as he had 'imperfect recollection' of what happened at event.
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NewsSolicitor who felt 'victimised' by tribunal has appeal dismissed
Mrs Justice Collins Rice finds that the SDT was neither ‘wrong in law [nor] made unsupported findings’.
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NewsRecruitment drive for policing panellists on parole board
An additional 25 parole board members are to be recruited as panellists, the government said.
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NewsJudge throws out former AA chief's 'conspiracy' claim against firm
Costs incurred were not caused by firm’s breaches of duty, Mr Justice Fancourt finds.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for 'flagrant breach of trust' with elderly client
Sole practitioner’s claims she was acting as a friend were dismissed by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
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NewsTribunal slashes 'excessive' and 'disproportionate' SRA costs
Cost applications rebuffed in three judgments in eight days.
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NewsNightingale courts will remain open to tackle backlog
Additional physical capacity alone is not the solution, Law Society says.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for practising without firm’s knowledge
Experienced practitioner dispensed with formalities but denied dishonesty or attempting to mislead.
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NewsSolicitor who had shotgun in car fined
SRA sanction follows magistrates’ court conviction for motoring and firearms offence.
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NewsFormer solicitor Khan gets 'very last chance' to purge contempt
Judgment in relation to sanctions against Soophia Khan adjourned following psychiatric report.
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NewsSFO brings new order against fraudster convicted 10 years ago
Fraud agency seeks to confiscate £92,500 donation recovered from school.
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NewsSolicitor struck off over false whiplash claim
Lawyer claimed he had been driving his car at the time of the accident and had been injured.
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NewsLaw lecturers' Twitter row reaches High Court
Tweets arguably 'crossed the boundary between that which is unattractive, even unreasonable, and conduct which is ... unacceptable.'
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NewsPayments were 'exceptional' but not bribes, says employee in $11bn Nigeria oil case
Spreadsheet alleged to detail bribes was for unbudgeted expenses, court hears in third week of trial.
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NewsBattle of the brands: Lidl takes Tesco to court over logo
Circle with a ring on it ‘has no artistic merit’ court hears in trade mark dispute.
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NewsGlobal firm sees off £400,000 fees challenge in High Court
Judge finds businessman to be liable for contract setting out payment plan following termination of retainer.
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NewsCompetition court judges criticise parties in Merricks v Mastercard
Intensive case management 'cannot be done if a party does not elucidate for the tribunal what position it adopts'.
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NewsSRA continues fight for documents from former solicitor
Regulator accused of ‘punitive’ pursuit of contempt action against Soophia Khan.
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NewsNigerian gas deal would lead to $2bn payday, court hears
Payments to government workers were made 'in a way that would not be known by government' witness tells High Court in London.