All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 20
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NewsJudges decline to order funding agreement disclosure in ‘dieselgate’ claim
Judges say disclosure order of firm’s funding agreement would be ‘appropriate to revisit … to the extent it is pursued’.
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NewsJudge’s ‘inappropriate’ social media posts lead to formal advice for misconduct
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the recorder had ‘engaged in politically controversial issues’.
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NewsMagistrates 'uncomfortable' with single justice procedure
In new position paper, Magistrates' Association publishes 12 recommendations to make the SJP ‘fairer, more consistent and more open’.
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NewsJudge apologises for asking if female advocate was pregnant
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office issued district judge with formal advice for misconduct.
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NewsJudge says solicitors’ ‘catalogue of errors’ not excusable
Firm’s application for extension of time was more than seven and a half months late - ‘substantially out of time’.
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NewsFormer solicitor jailed for paying off witnesses is refused restoration to the roll
Tribunal describes the application for restoration as ‘premature’ - matters leading to lawyer’s removal were of ‘utmost gravity’.
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NewsJudge given formal advice over ‘chill out’ remark to counsel
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the judge had shown regret for his behaviour which ‘fell short of the standards expected’.
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News‘Know your client’ questions caught out bitcoin money launderer
Woman convicted on one count of entering into or becoming concerned in a money laundering arrangement at Southwark Crown Court.
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NewsFormal warning for district judge following firm’s multiple complaints
Judge did not agree her actions amounted to misconduct but accepted some of her comments were ‘intemperate’.
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NewsFirm appeals strike-out refusal over alleged negligence claim
Case concerns interpretations of the word 'claim', Court of Appeal hears.
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NewsJudge gives MP Bridgen chance to amend case in Hancock tweet dispute
Claim by MP Andrew Bridgen against former health secretary Matthew Hancock ‘defective’ but ‘capable of being cured’.
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NewsYellow circle wars: Lidl wins Court of Appeal round
Trial judge's findings over wordless mark were 'surprising', but not rationally unsupportable.
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NewsOne in five bar pupils experiences bullying, harassment or discrimination
Bar Council’s latest pupil survey explores pupillage experience, finding 94% would ‘definitely’ or ‘possibly’ recommend a career at the bar.
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NewsCircuit judge’s delay in four cases leads to formal advice for misconduct
Judge apologises for delay caused by 'workload being too great'.
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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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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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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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NewsRestrictions on national firm staff following principles breaches
Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decisions related to ‘discrete episodes of individual misbehaviour’, Irwin Mitchell says.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears traders’ cases against rate rigging convictions
Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan will be hearing the three-day appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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NewsJury discharged in Duncan Lewis knife threat trial
The jury sitting in the trial at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court was discharged today.