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NewsLawyer's 'zeal' for litigation not enough to strike out contempt proceedings
Pogust Goodhead chief executive Tom Goodhead said on a podcast he wanted to be a mining giant’s ‘absolute worst nightmare’.
NewsThree more firms hit with AML fines by SRA, as changes loom
One of the fines was over £23k, becoming one of dozens of firms to be hit with five-figure fines.
NewsInsolvency litigation finance firm thrilled by record revenues
Manolete Partners celebrated numerous records in the last financial year as UK insolvencies continue to soar.
NewsRugby player's liability for collision upheld by Court of Appeal
Tom Clark ran into Omar Elbanna at full speed while his opponent was without the ball, in breach of rugby’s laws.
NewsFixed fee Liverpool firm shut down by SRA intervention
Regulator intervenes into Bolton-Jones & Co, which offered clients an instant fixed fee conveyancing quote.
NewsSolicitor whose firm was shut down given suspended sentence for harassment
Susilla Mercer, formerly of Runcorn-based firm Mercer Law, harassed her estranged husband and his new partner, a court heard.
NewsNot 'grooming' but rape: Casey review calls for law change
Baroness Casey’s review of so-called grooming gangs highlighted the ‘sex offenders go-to defence’, allowing them to escape a proportionate sentence. And ‘victim-blaming misogyny’ means cases go uninvestigated
NewsTribunal blocks reporting of names in SLAPP case
Clients referred to in the case of Christopher Mark Hutchings must be anonymised to protect legal privilege, SDT rules.
NewsSchool must say how much it paid law firm in £500,000 claim
Pensby High School in Wirral had resorted to turning off its heating in a bid to save money, first-tier tribunal hears.
NewsOverheated courtroom made trial unfair, litigant in person argues
Non-practising barrister fails in appeal against county court’s ruling in claim of breaches of the Equality Act and Human Rights Act.
News‘Treat children as children’: Casey calls for rape law change
Baroness Casey’s review into so-called grooming gangs says a ‘nuance in the law’ is leading to exploitation of children.
NewsSolicitor's line-by-line challenge adds £50,000 to costs bill
'This is not the way a detailed assessment hearing should have progressed,' costs judge says.
NewsSolicitor accuses international firm of ‘quadruplication’ of costs bill
Prominent practitioner faces paying indemnity costs to Kennedys Law’s client, the Transcription Agency, after a failed GDPR claim
NewsSolicitor acted for claimant and defendant
Practitioner showed a 'cavalier attitude' to the rules of professional conduct, tribunal finds.
NewsClass action chief's podcast comments raised in contempt proceedings
Pogust Goodhead chief executive Tom Goodhead had vowed to become a mining giant’s ‘absolute worst nightmare’ in group litigation.
NewsCourts to have ‘open justice champions’
Regionally based civil servants will provide a single point of contact to help the public observe cases, Mr Justice Nicklin says.
NewsEx-managing partner must pay £210k costs of failed employment tribunal claim
Michael Willis had half-share in home worth up to £2.2m and tribunal did not err in law by considering equity release.
NewsCCRC applicant accused rape victim of not appearing 'sufficiently traumatised'
Applicants asking Criminal Cases Review Commission to look at social media posts as proof of miscarriage of justice.
NewsBan for solicitor who worked for three firms at once
Belinda Sarkodie had submitted timesheets claiming payment for the same hours on the same dates from the firms, SDT rules.
NewsJudge's scepticism of mother not the fault of negligent solicitors
Findings of inconsistencies in a mother’s evidence could not be laid at the door of her former solicitors, Court of Appeal finds.