Last 3 months headlines – Page 113
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NewsHM Land Registry seeks views on fee reform
Views sought on simplifying 'unnecessarily complex' 160-year-old charging structure.
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NewsFormer Thompsons solicitor to become Wales' first minister
Vaughan Gething narrowly wins Welsh Labour leadership election and will become the first black leader of a European country.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears from SFO in former traders’ rigging appeal
Criminal Case Review Commission referred both cases to the CoA following approach taken by US court but there is ‘nothing in judgment’, court told.
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NewsPolice officer sanctioned for juror contact during trial
Disciplinary panel finds that officer tried to lie about calls and messages to juror.
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NewsRenowned arbitrator to speak at London International Disputes Week
The event, now in its fifth year, will be the most expansive yet, showcasing London’s leading role.
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News'Clever' tactics by Post Office lawyers fuelled scandal, academics report
University of Exeter experts find that case of LiP sub-postmaster shows justice and the desire to win became misaligned.
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NewsSolicitor struck off over ‘misleading’ time records
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said the lawyer was ‘dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal delivers boost for claimant lawyers on costs principle
Judges rule that costs of rehabilitation case management meetings can in principle be recovered.
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NewsJury wrongly directed in former trader’s LIBOR rigging case, CoA told
Ex-traders Tom Hayes’ and Carlo Palombo’s appeals are being heard by Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan.
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NewsSolicitor suspended for drunken behaviour at Christmas party
Male practitioner approached colleague as she was leaving and asked to sleep with her.
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NewsNews focus: Dr Bitcoin case comes to an abrupt end
Dr Craig Wright was accused of ‘forgery on an industrial scale’ in a case that ended yesterday when the High Court ruled he is not the inventor of bitcoin. The judge found his adversaries’ evidence ‘overwhelming’.
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NewsLaw Society's fury at legal aid means test reform delay
Ministry of Justice has announced certain reforms will be delayed until 2026.
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NewsEx-barrister sentenced over antisemitic posts
Police trawled through a year of social media and found persistent comments about former lawyer’s hatred of Jewish people.
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NewsJudge puts guffawing counsel firmly in his place
Barristers are generally adept at remaining statuesque while their opponents put forward their case, though it was not unheard of for an eye-roll or two to creep in during remote hearings in lockdown. But a judgment emerging from Ontario, Canada, suggests that not every advocate has quite managed the poker ...
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NewsJudge dashes bitcoin entrepreneur’s ‘Satoshi’ claim
Ruling ahead of written judgment ends six-week case - and Dr Craig Wright’s claim to be ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’.
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NewsFunders confident that PACCAR will be 'just a footnote'
Potential for long-term damage should be eased by government intervention, says litigation funding industry.
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NewsBurford hails 'record year' as income surges
CEO describes 2023 as ‘extraordinary’, after listed litigation funder reports a near-2,000% rise in net income.
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NewsRestrictions on national firm staff following principles breaches
Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decisions related to ‘discrete episodes of individual misbehaviour’, Irwin Mitchell says.