All articles by Charlie Moloney
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NewsExclusive: Media overturns ‘secret inquest’ move
Coroner had refused to release record of inquest held under the new ‘in writing’ procedure.
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NewsConveyancing executive used false invoice to repay personal loan with client money
Katie Baxter asked a third party to produce the fabricated invoice for work that was never carried out, the SRA says.
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NewsFormer junior lawyer appeals strike-off over backdated trust deed
Jack Grunhut, admitted as a solicitor in 2019, argued that his conduct arose from inexperience and lack of supervision.
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NewsFamily Division president sounds warning over ‘astonishing’ surrogacy
Sir Andrew McFarlane speaks out after ageing couple commissioned babies from overseas clinic without considering children’s welfare.
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NewsHMRC rows back on partner tax change which could have hit law firms
Tax authority changed its guidance last year to close potential loophole created by excessive capital contributions.
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NewsFormer Law Society presidents condemn ‘venomous’ attacks on AG
Letter from lawyers to national newspaper warns that media assault on Lord Hermer is doing ‘immense damage’.
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NewsCouncil to pay costs for 'improper' private prosecution
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council offered no evidence in case adjourned three times.
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NewsLaw professor with 'profound sense of grievance' banned from courts
Academic had an 'inability to accept defeat' in her long-running dispute with the University of Warwick.
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NewsCMS's head cashier sent money to her own account disguised as 'interest'
Employee stole a 'considerable amount of money' on 124 occasions and took steps to conceal the payments.
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NewsThames Water £3bn loan deal did not breach competition law, High Court rules
A group of creditors argued that a competing group was involved in ‘bid rigging’, an allegation dismissed in court.
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NewsCoroner recuses herself over ‘perceived bias’ in Covid vaccine death case
Assistant coroner for Derby strenuously denies allegations about her conduct.
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NewsLaw firm consultant jailed for GBH barred from profession
Non-solicitor was convicted over incident outside a pub in 2018.
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NewsPublic inquiries could be set deadlines
‘There is serious and growing criticism of the cost, duration and effectiveness’ of public inquiries, government agrees.
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NewsSolicitor was involved in laying misleading paper trail for betting company
Mrs Justice Dias said it was ‘surprising and disheartening’ that London solicitor took a ‘proactive role’.
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NewsMet Police unlawfully used withdrawal of vetting to dismiss officers
Mrs Justice Lang says the procedure being used was not compliant with the right to a fair trial.
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News‘Arrogant, progressive fool’: Labour colleague joins attacks on AG
Role of Lord Hermer KC has come under particular scrutiny over the proposed Chagos Islands deal.
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NewsGovernment lawyers 'acted oppressively' in immigration case, High Court hears
Home secretary and solicitors made ‘untrue and misleading statements’, judge rules in illegal detention case.
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NewsFormer law firm partner ‘should have known better’ in trusts breach, CoA rules
Two solicitors and a former tax inspector disregarded the interests of the beneficiaries in a number of transactions.
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NewsUS actor’s ‘council tax illegal’ claim thrown out by High Court
Mercer Boffey emphasised ‘the absolute right in every Englishman’ to enjoy his propery without any control or diminution.
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NewsParole Board 'unfair' to cut prisoner's hearing because of solicitor's late arrival
High Court rules the realistic length of the hearing had been reduced from three hours plus discussion time to two hours.