All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 6
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NewsTribunal strikes out disability claim against global firm
Employment judge finds former Simmons & Simmons employee’s evidence was ‘unreliable’.
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NewsMore City traders to appeal their convictions
Hickman & Rose confirms clients intend to appeal following last week's Supreme Court judgment.
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NewsEmployment judge expresses 'considerable sympathy' for losing LiP
'For the uninitiated, litigation must seem like an opaque barrier to having one’s claims aired and considered', says judge sitting in Wrexham.
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NewsSenior coroner sanctioned over four-year inquest delay
Inquest has since been completed, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office reports.
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NewsMining giant allowed to make full claim against City firm Dechert
Judgment with reasons will follow order granting permission for ENRC to amend its claim.
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NewsJudge sanctioned over eight-month delay in hand-down
Recorder’s ‘repeated failure’ to respond to enquiries about the judgment’s delay was an aggravating feature.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer reports record results
Financial results cover the final full-year set before firm's merger.
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NewsJudge throws out data protection claim brought by PI clients
Law firm DWF says judgment in 'important case' is 'a clear win for insurers and their policyholders'.
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News'IBOR two' judgment puts jury-less trials and SFO prosecutions under spotlight
Lawyers react to Supreme Court ruling which quashed the convictions of former traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo.
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NewsSupreme Court quashes IBOR convictions after finding judges' directions 'unfair'
Crown court judge's directions 'usurped the jury’s function and undermined the fairness' of fraud trial.
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NewsSingle Justice Procedure punishes mistakes made 'due to illness or disability'
Transform Justice’s report recommends a free phoneline to help those facing the SJP and an AI-based app to help defendants navigate the process.
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NewsUnder 1 in 10 miscarriage of justice applicants are represented
CCRC calls on Public Defender Service to help following plunge in number of applicants with a lawyer.
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News'Negative stereotype' comment leads to formal advice for judge
Remark was not intended to offend but family practitioner ‘failed to recognise the inappropriateness of her conduct’.
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NewsParalegal jailed for stealing from firm's clients
Poole law firm employee exploited her position to extort money from two of the firm’s vulnerable clients.
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NewsMining giant seeks higher damages from SFO
Judgment was reserved in the latest twist of the eight-year litigation between ENRC, the Serious Fraud Office and Dechert.
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NewsBarrister disbarred over rape convictions
Five-person panel sitting on the Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service said ‘horrendous offences’ required ‘only one realistic sanction’.
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NewsJudge right not to recuse herself from tribunal
Employment judge was asked to step down over her previous work acting in equal pay claims.
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NewsReoffending no higher under release scheme, says prisons minister
Lord Timpson says reoffending rate ‘no more than we normally see’, but probation service is 'really struggling'.
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NewsSpeeding magistrate given formal advice for misconduct
JCIO says office holder gave ‘assurance that she would keep within the speed limit’.
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NewsSFO makes new case for whistleblower incentives
SFO director Nick Ephgrave acknowledges organisation is driving the argument for whistleblower incentives.