Last 3 months headlines – Page 32
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Courtwatchers expose a 'wild west'
A mass observation project which sat in on more than 1,100 magistrates’ court hearings found a system that ‘often falls short’, with courtwatchers ‘shocked’ by the inefficiency they witnessed.
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Costs order fair where barrister forgot to renew PC
Master was ’not wrong’ to limit recovery of direct access barrister’s fees.
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Veteran solicitor fined for using client account as bank
Regulator says firm owner’s breaches had the potential to cause significant harm - though none occurred.
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The worst judge of a bad bunch?
It is fun to rank bad judges. Was Goddard worse than Stevenson? Was Darling worse than Montagu? Was Jeffries the worst of all? And then there was the infamous 19th-century judge Henry Hawkins.
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Bitcoin judge airs his own 'Satoshi' theory
Blockchain is a doddle compared with some of the quotidien caseload of an IP judge.
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Midas Touch in Oldham
Respect and felicitations to Touch Solicitors, which topped the charts in this year’s annual Will Aid charity will-writing campaign.
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MoJ 'troublingly slow' to future-proof legal aid sector
Report identifies several shortcomings in Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency's approach to ensuring people can access justice and sector remains sustainable.
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Man fails to end French civil partnership in England
’Clear difference’ in legal approaches between the two countries fails to persuade judge that France is not the right forum.
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Bitcoin money launderer sentenced to 80 months in prison
Attempts to buy multi-million-pound property in London were thwarted by Mishcon de Reya’s ‘know your client’ questions.
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Tax specialist Malachy Cornwell-Kelly remembered
Practitioner’s career spanned the City, Law Society, parliamentary ombudsman and Tynwald.
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Election ‘wash-up’ latest: Leasehold reform bill set to pass
Legislation to reform leasehold system likely to go through - but select committees abort inquiries into probate, the county court, and home buying and selling.
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Refusenik solicitor cannot be forced to attend Post Office Inquiry
Former GC Jane MacLeod has provided written statement but will not travel to UK to give oral evidence.
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City firm apologises to court for compromising witness evidence
Pennington Manches Cooper ’proposed amendments to experts’ statement it was not permitted to make’.
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Paula Vennells: I didn’t want my lawyer to sacrifice her integrity
Former chief executive ‘genuinely very sorry’ for remark about general counsel.
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Crown court backlog target 'no longer achievable', says public spending watchdog
National Audit Office says MoJ needs to work closely with other parts of criminal justice system to understand bigger picture.
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New chief executive for Legal Services Board
Craig Westwood is currently director of policy and comms at the Electoral Commission.
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Seabed where Bibby Stockholm moored is not 'land', court rules
Local mayor fails with claim arguing controversial barge should be subject to planning permission.
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General election ‘wash-up’: legislation mired in uncertainty
Other important business affecting lawyers also up in the air - as the Law Society concedes legal aid reform set to be 'kicked into the long grass'.
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Former solicitor Soophia Khan returns to prison for contempt
No ‘stay of execution’ in long-running legal battle with SRA over missing documents, Court of Appeal rules.
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Memory lane
A call for voluntary HIPs and a constitutional balancing act: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.