Last 3 months headlines – Page 103
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NewsRebuke for solicitor who disclosed privileged email
Practitioner sent copy to opposing side after refusing to represent non-paying client.
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NewsCourt of Appeal grants judge permission to continue JAC battle
Master of the rolls says it is in the public interest for the fairness of the Judicial Appointments Commission's procedure to be examined at a full hearing.
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NewsSolicitor’s election fight for BSL change
Campaign aims to encourage broadcasters to provide sign language interpretation in all future election programmes.
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NewsCourts in the community proposed by Plaid Cymru
Party pledges to combat legal aid ‘deserts’ by supporting lawyers to move into that field and making it more sustainable.
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NewsBacklogs spiral across justice system
Immigration and asylum open caseload has risen by 75% over the past year.
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NewsAssociate prosecutors centrepiece of Labour’s justice plan
'After 14 years of neglect, the criminal justice system is broken,' party's manifesto states.
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NewsGreens: we’ll invest £11bn in justice
Manifesto pledges to restore legal aid for public law cases and to recruit more judges.
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NewsPost Office live: Key solicitor called sub-postmasters 'liars and criminals'
Andrew Parsons, a solicitor and partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, faces questions on his role in defending the Post Office during the Horizon scandal.
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NewsLaw firm drinking culture 'excluding British Muslims'
British Bangladeshi and Pakistani lawyers often unable to attend work gatherings because they are held in bars or pubs.
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NewsStowe continues to build family law empire
Latest deal is family specialist's fourth acquisition in two years.
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NewsNeuberger stands by recusal advice in Post Office trial
Former Supreme Court president tells inquiry that he was ‘comfortable’ with his stance on removing trial judge in 2019.
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NewsJudge who inadvertently liked offensive post formally warned
Deputy senior district judge Tanweer Ikram accepted that liking the post had raised concerns about impartiality.
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News£715m costs battle in warm-up to 'Dieselgate' claim
Three-day costs management hearing will alone run up legal bill of £3.65m.
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NewsStrasbourg ruling prompts calls for 'fairer' miscarriage of justice compensation
European Court of Human Rights dismisses, in split decision, legal challenge brought by two wrongfully convicted men.
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NewsSolicitor LiP hit with £11,000 costs bill in possession claim
Conduct 'sufficiently far out of the norm and unreasonable' to make indemnity costs order appropriate.
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NewsTrainee tried to cover up discontinuing client’s claim
Employee misled client and her firm in the aftermath of her initial mistake.
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NewsDuncan Lewis takes government to court over legal aid fees
National firm says thousands of vulnerable individuals are eligible for legal aid but struggling to find a lawyer to represent them.
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NewsHarman to head bar bullying probe
Former long-serving MP will chair independent review following report finding shocking levels of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
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NewsMemory lane
Fears over a new offence, calls for a legal services authority and plans for a national prosecution service: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsConservatives 'will quit ECtHR if necessary', Sunak declares
Conservative leader tells manifesto launch he will choose nation's security over the jurisdiction of a 'foreign court'.