All Courts business articles – Page 83
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NewsCourt of Appeal upholds 'surprising' Morrisons data leak ruling
Retailer says it will appeal vicarious liability decision to the Supreme Court.
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News'Drunk' women face harsher sentences than men, research claims
University of Liverpool studied sentencing outcomes when intoxication taken into account.
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News'Manifestly excessive' anti-fracking jail sentences quashed
Conditional discharges for three protesters imprisoned in September for up to 16 months.
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NewsSRA given green light to pursue £800,000 Blavo intervention costs
Court of Appeal says there were no grounds to set aside statutory demands served on John Blavo.
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Feature‘Normalising’ the presence of LiPs
Individuals who go to court without a lawyer can jeopardise their right to a fair trial.
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NewsLord chancellor v Blavo: judgment reserved over £22m legal aid row
Court told that John Blavo is still subject to a freezing order as Mr Justice Pepperall considers decision.
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NewsRevealed: HMCTS had already spent £18m on axed debt scheme
Ministry of Justice confirmed the Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programme was scrapped in September.
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NewsFuture bright for solicitor advocates' 'one-stop shops'
Limited budgets and drive towards ADR argue in favour of the one-stop shop litigator, higher court advocates hear.
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NewsLord Chancellor v Blavo: 'a number of explanations' for similarities in files
Closing submissions in the High Court claim over £22m in legal aid payments.
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NewsBarrister received surprise box of Blavo client files, court told
Latest High Court hearing begins with quest to identify Blavo & Co files.
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NewsBlavo & Co director won't be called to give evidence, High Court told
John Blavo will not appear in court in relation to the lord chancellor's bid to recoup £22m.
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NewsPatient details in Blavo & Co files 'pretty much identical', court told
Former partner quizzed on the third day of a High Court hearing into 'second largest mental health firm', which was shut down in 2015.
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NewsBlavo & Co burgled after firm told of legal aid probe, court told
Lord chancellor's High Court bid to seek £22m from director John Blavo continues.
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NewsLord chancellor seeks £22m from Blavo & Co director
A 10-day hearing opens in the Royal Courts of Justice over the legal aid firm, which was shut down in 2015.
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NewsLASPO ban is 'driving referral fees underground'
NHS Resolution says the idea that claimants want to be represented by a firm 300 miles away 'strains credibility'.
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NewsMagic circle solicitor gets High Court nod
Sarah Falk is one of only three solicitors appointed directly from private practice - and the first woman.
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NewsIdentity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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OpinionMagistrates' courts: a legal sausage factory
Magistrates' numbers are falling, the listings system is chaotic and morale is low.