All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 25
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More family courts open to journalists
Pilot will now be extended to 16 other courts across England following a ‘pioneering year’ of family court reporting.
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Tweeting barrister’s employment tribunal appeal dismissed
High Court judge finds appeal over dismissal of Jon Holbrook’s claim to be without merit.
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Clyde fined £500,000 after admitting due diligence failure
Top-50 international firm admitted failing to carry out due dligence on a corporate client for more than five years.
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Doctors not liable for distress to patients’ families, Supreme Court confirms
The appeals, concerning compensation claims for psychiatric illnesses caused by seeing a loved one die, were dismissed by a majority verdict.
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Wild camping case to go to Supreme Court
Supreme Court ‘will determine once and for all this important issue’ of whether the public has a right to camp on the Dartmoor commons.
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Barrister ordered to pay over £155k for harm to assistant’s mental health
Barrister’s ‘discriminatory treatment’ caused former employee’s ‘health collapse’, employment tribunal rules.
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Solicitor 'motivated by compassion' fined £10,000 for misleading court
The lawyer, a former employee at a City firm, told county court that she could act as a sole practitioner.
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Immigration business discriminated against solicitor employee over race
Firm’s owner was ‘affronted’ and ‘offended’ by lawyer’s resignation, employment tribunal finds.
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High Court refuses to redact civil servants’ names in Parole Board recommendation JR
'I cannot see that naming people and how they did their jobs is contrary to any legitimate interest,' judge rules.
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Solicitor announced as chair of the pensions ombudsman
Former senior partner at international firm Eversheds steps into the role with ‘mixed emotions’ after the death of Caroline Rookes.
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Solicitor fined and ordered to pay £4,000 costs following self-report to SRA
Practitioner was not aware of a 2019 rule change regarding acting without pay for family and friends without PII.
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Ex-employee must pay £4,000 costs over ‘revenge’ claim against international firm
Employment judge describes former employee’s approach to claim as ‘designed to cause maximum disruption’ to Hogan Lovells.
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Will-writer firm hit with costs for unsuccessful challenge to charity bequest
Firm not ‘solely responsible for the whole problem’ - but judge finds ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way instructions were taken.
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Grenfell solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim
Employment judge finds failure to consider possibility of an alternative role was ‘outside range of reasonable responses’.
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Formal warning for speeding magistrate
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office panel said offences amounted to serious misconduct.
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Judge dismisses disclosure application in Dechert case
Judge expresses sympathy with the difficulties of obtaining evidence but says disclosure could reveal a journalist's source.
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Magistrate removed for withholding ‘important information’ from application
JCIO says applicants are required to disclose any information which might bring magistracy into disrepute.
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Cash seizure order valid despite court delay
Divisional Court judges dismiss judicial review application over lawfulness of re-seizure of £400,000 by HMRC.
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Stay application dismissed in Brazil dam group claim
High Court judge dismisses application to stay proceedings on its merits, finding that any dispute over arbitration clause ‘will be dealt with by court’.
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Judicial salaries: Chalk urges review to consider ‘affordability’
Major review of the judicial salary structure will be commissioned after recruitment of a new judicial lead and permanent chair.