All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 38
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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.
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NewsSolicitor tells court of death threat from 'horrifying…stone cold' defendant
Receptionist managed to kick a knife away before a solicitor restrained Cavan Medlock, who denies two charges against him, court hears.
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NewsEducation charity calls on volunteers for legal lessons campaign
Law Society and Mishcon de Reya put their support behind Young Citizens’ The Big Legal Lesson.
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NewsNews focus: Initiative to clear rape cases is 'plaster for a bullet wound'
A new initiative to clear rape cases which have been in the system for more than two years is welcome, but lawyers say investment in a dedicated workforce is the only way to tackle the backlog properly.
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NewsJudge asks attorney general to identify former solicitor as vexatious litigant
Solicitors Regulation Authority says the ex-lawyer’s ‘unfortunate obsession’ with the regulator and Law Society continues ‘unabated’.
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News‘Special permission’ granted for law clinic’s family court base
Teesside University Law Clinic says the new family court initative is ‘one of only two similar schemes in the whole country’.
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NewsBarrister disbarred over fee note
Bar Standards Board says sanction reflects that ‘dishonesty is wholly incompatible with membership of the bar’.
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NewsJudicial blitz on 'stain' of delayed alleged rape cases
Lord Justice Edis says 181 rape cases which have reached or passed their second anniversary will be dealt with by this summer.
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NewsMagistrate given formal advice for misconduct over council tax bill
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said the magistrate had apologised for her actions.
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NewsDecision to refuse relocation to Afghan judge 'plainly faulty'
High Court says it was ‘beyond doubt’ that Helmand Province lawyer had ‘made a substantive and positive contribution’.
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NewsCourt hears strike-out application in MPs' fight over allegedly libellous tweet
Court told MP Andrew Bridgen is not named in Matt Hancock’s tweet at the centre of the claim.
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News£70m arbitration award was fabricated, judge finds
Substantial parts of the claimed Kuwaiti award had been taken from another High Court judgment, raising ‘serious questions’.
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NewsBarrister wins appeal over disbarment for sexual harassment of pupils
Court orders sanction to be remitted to a new tribunal panel for ‘fresh determination’.