All articles by Sam Tobin – Page 22
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NewsLiP’s recusal application against former solicitor dismissed
The claimant’s recusal application on the basis that the judge was a former solicitor was ‘fundamentally misconceived’.
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NewsSupreme Court has jurisdiction to hear SC appeals, SC rules
Barrister’s appeal against a £5,000 fine for contempt of court is unanimously dismissed.
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NewsListed funder’s shares slide after director sacked
Litigation Capital Management said it dismissed its executive vice-chair for alleged breaches of its expenses policies.
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NewsDisbarred barrister loses bid to practise pending appeal
Sky Bibi tells the High Court that her disbarment is ‘completely unfair, unprecedented, unjust and unlawful’.
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NewsOutgoing bar chair appointed to bench
Derek Sweeting QC is one of four barristers appointed as High Court judges from January.
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NewsDisposal times more important than backlog, bar tells MPs
Focusing on how long criminal cases take will more accurately measure progress and the impact on court users, according to representative body.
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NewsGender-neutral passports appeal dismissed in key ruling on ECHR
Supreme Court says 2008 law lords ruling on European convention should be ‘disapproved’.
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NewsSector facing mental health crisis, union warns
Legal Sector Workers United says the results of its mental health survey of members are ‘shocking’.
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NewsFour-fifths of firms enjoyed a Covid uplift
Legal sector had ‘reassuringly positive’ revenues with an aggregate growth of 5.9% throughout the first year of the pandemic.
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NewsReopen closed courts to tackle backlog, Law Society urges
Chancery Lane says reopening courts ‘would also contribute to their local economies, combining economic renewal and access to justice’.
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NewsBacklog increase ‘not necessarily’ result of cuts, MPs told
MoJ permanent secretary says rise in backlog partly the result of a change in the ‘case mix’ and also judicial sitting days.
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NewsRepresentative claimants generally entitled to CPO costs, tribunal rules
Competition Appeal Tribunal says the certification of collective proceedings is ‘an important and significant’ step.
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OpinionA ‘new dawn’ that became a nightmare for subpostmasters
The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail.
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NewsDisgraced former MP loses appeal against publication of ‘abuse’ ruling
Court of Appeal allows the publication of family judgment containing details of 'controlling and coercive behaviour'.
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NewsTwo subpostmasters prosecuted by DWP lose conviction appeals
The appeals are thought to be the first involving former Post Office employees prosecuted by a different government body.
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NewsCourts to ‘continue as they have during pandemic’ - LCJ
‘The coming weeks will bring their difficulties … both professionally and personally, but we have been there before’, Lord Burnett says.
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NewsSFO director’s position ‘untenable’ after damning ruling, lawyers say
Representatives of a former oil executive whose bribery conviction was overturned said Lisa Osofsky must go ‘if the SFO is to survive’.
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NewsAssange can be extradited to the US, High Court rules
Wikileaks founder’s case is remitted with a direction to ‘send the case to the secretary of state’ to decide whether Assange should be extradited.
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NewsUpbeat DWF reports £11m pre-tax profit in half-year turnaround
The listed firm reports a nearly 40% increase in adjusted profit before tax for the six months to 31 October.
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NewsSienna Miller says ‘legal recourse not available’ after settlement
Film star said she wanted her claim against the publisher of The Sun to go to trial but could not due to ‘the costs position’.