Last 3 months headlines – Page 290
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Todner fails to quash SRA prosecution
Tribunal rules that case brought against criminal defence specialist is not an abuse of process.
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Novice conveyancer paid out £42k deposit without proper checks
Solicitor undertook to return missing funds knowing his firm could not afford to.
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Drunkenness no basis for avoiding contributory negligence, Court of Appeal rules
Courts assessing contributory negligence should apply standard of 'a reasonable and prudent man', Court of Appeal holds.
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High-profile solicitor seeks to get SRA prosecution thrown out
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is hearing abuse of process application brought by Karen Todner.
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Ex-Dechert partner to explain how mobile phone was stolen
Neil Gerrard and/or international firm are alleged to be ‘ultimately behind’ attempts to hack a firm of solicitors representing a Jordanian lawyer.
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‘Stocktake’ requirement before heading to court discussed by civil rule-makers
Consultation proposes ideas for reform of pre-action protocols, including giving ‘due leeway’ to litigants in person.
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Tributes paid to first Muslim QC
Flag at Inner Temple flown at half mast to mark the death of Sibghatullah (Sibghat) Kadri QC, who has died at 84.
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Claimant solicitors 'told clients to delete' holiday social media posts
Defendant solicitors in sickness claim say more wasted costs order bids could be incoming.
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Lawyer’s anger as £27m NHS claim is settled two days before trial
QC says it was ‘unacceptable’ that issue of damages following clinical negligence 12 years ago took so long to resolve.
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Maugham apologises for Good Law Project’s procedure rules mistake
Campaigning legal group pledges to admit ‘promptly and fulsomely’ when it has made an error.
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Banned caseworker fined £700 for breach of the Solicitors Act
Magistrates hear that practitioner failed to inform employer that he was subject to a section 43 order.
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Judicial misconduct findings should be ‘more detailed’, but no public hearings
Lord chancellor and the lord chief justice say public hearings could 'undermine' confidence in the disciplinary system.
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Legal aid for Windrush victims 'would save taxpayer money'
Legal thinktank says direct engagement between caseworkers and legal representatives would reduce errors and delays.
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Ex-DWF solicitor alleges he faced discrimination as wife’s carer
Firm said former associate did not earn the right to be promoted further and blamed others for his own failings.
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Costs in pension divorce case a ‘shaming indictment’ of our legal system
Family court judge critical of husband who pursued post-divorce litigation ‘to the bitter end’.
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Union ballots HMCTS staff over Common Platform rollout
PCS union says new case management system is ‘not fit for purpose’ and has sent work-related stress ‘through the roof’.
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Sunday cinemas Orpen all hours
When the Sunday Observance Act was passed a 'common informer' could bring a prosecution against theatres or cinemas which admitted patrons on a Sunday.
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All in the family
President of the Family Division goes the extra mile to set an example in his quest for court transparency.
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Coffee after porridge
Obiter popped into the Kings Cross branch of Redemption Roasters, the world’s first prison-based coffee company.