All articles by Bianca Castro – Page 5
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NewsRetired magistrate advised over ‘extensive reference’ to JP suffix
Clergyman was acting in his capacity as a union representative and denied acting inappropriately, JCIO said.
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NewsFormer managing associate at US firm denies inappropriate touching
Male solicitor, who denies the allegations, is alleged to have touched two female colleagues on multiple occasions.
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NewsFundão dam collapse: a catastrophe that led Monica Dos Santos to take up law
Monica Dos Santos lost everything in Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse – then trained as a lawyer to fight for justice.
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News'Wagatha Christie' saga rumbles on in costs appeal
Court hears allegations - and denials - of misconduct by legal team in preparing a costs budget.
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NewsEmployment judge sanctioned over comments to tribunal members
Tribunal judge recused himself after litigant in person raised concerns about comments.
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NewsCCRC sets up case study hub to 'assist potential applicants'
Review body says it hopes the new hub will support its work investigating possible miscarriages of justice.
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NewsNew threat to legislate as Sentencing Council row escalates
Mahmood 'extremely disappointed' by rejection of her request for new guidance to be revised.
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NewsOld Bailey cleaners strike over privatisation
City of London Corporation says TUPE transfer would have a ‘range of benefits’.
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NewsSlaughters promotes one woman to partnership as 40% target deadline looms
Magic circle firm admits five men and one woman to partnership in latest round.
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NewsWarning for magistrate who shared 'offensive' post
Office-holder 'repeatedly apologised' for sharing Facebook post containing a video from Hamas.
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News‘IBOR two’ appeal begins at Supreme Court
Supreme Court will hear criminal appeal brought by former City traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo.
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NewsDigital disclosure burden threatens to choke prosecutions, KC warns
Jonathan Fisher KC’s Disclosure in the Digital Age review recommends training and standards initiatives.
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NewsFormal warning for magistrate cautioned for slapping family member
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says magistrate accepted full responsibility for his actions which he ‘deeply regretted’.
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NewsFirm wins legal aid appeal over 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence
Legal Aid Agency’s determining officer conceded only 882 pages of the 10,000 claimed by Wakefield-based firm.
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NewsMacfarlanes announces largest cohort of partners for years
Two-thirds of the City firm’s nine new partners are women.
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NewsSDT dismisses case against immigration solicitor over Mail sting
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds ‘nothing’ within material before SDT ‘which would permit it to make an adverse finding’.
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OpinionSidhu case: What findings can be published?
A regulation in the Bar Standards Board handbook required the five-person panel to consider anonymity.
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NewsTribunal erred in law in not granting anonymity, EAT finds
Identity of the parties in disability discrimination claim ’not critical to public understanding of the case’.
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NewsBar disciplinary system 'stacked against' misconduct victims, says Harman
Bar speaks out following tribunal's order for Jo Sidhu KC to be disbarred over sexual misconduct.
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NewsFormer criminal bar chair Sidhu disbarred for sexual misconduct
'Serious sexual misconduct in this case was overwhelmingly likely to have caused long term harm,' tribunal hears.