Court of Appeal Archives - Legal Cheek

Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour

‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

Apr 7 2022 4:50pm
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Matrix apologises for putting embargoed judgment on press release

Master of the Rolls calls for ‘stricter measures’ as elite set sticks ruling across social media in error

Feb 17 2022 10:16am
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Ex-barrister jailed for life for false rape, kidnap and stabbing claims against ex-lawyer lover has sentence overturned on appeal

Reduced to 10 years

Nov 29 2021 11:05am
Ex-magic circle lawyer loses legal battle to force wealthy parents to pay him maintenance for life

Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claimed he was entirely dependent on them due to health issues

Nov 5 2021 1:46pm
Has the Court of Appeal just trapped inventors in 1421?

Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes considers the ‘historically absurd’ definition of inventor following this week’s DABUS patent ruling

Sep 24 2021 8:27am
Ex-magic circle lawyer who brought £1 million claim against Oxford Uni over ‘inadequate’ teaching now sues wealthy parents for life-long maintenance grant

Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claims he’s dependent on parents due to health issues

Mar 10 2021 10:34am

Top judge rocks incredible judicial face mask

Robe-inspired number features Lord Justice Nugee’s initials

Feb 2 2021 10:54am
Scrap the Supreme Court, argues right-wing think tank

UK’s highest bench is guilty of ‘excessive judicial activism’

Aug 3 2020 1:37pm
Court of Appeal judges pause Heathrow expansion on climate change grounds

Government must now formally reconsider third runway, this time factoring in the Paris climate agreement

Feb 27 2020 12:38pm
Lawyers caught gossiping about employment case in the pub let off the hook

Discussion of how to ‘manage out’ man bringing discrimination claim not allowed into evidence

Oct 24 2019 1:06pm
Uber drivers are workers, says Court of Appeal

Next stop, the Supreme Court?

Dec 19 2018 5:09pm
Elderly rights solicitor cleared of neglect after 79-year-old mother’s body found covered in excrement

Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal

Dec 11 2018 4:04pm

Court of Appeal to be live-streamed for the first time this week

Pilot case concerns West Ham United

Nov 13 2018 12:21pm
Journal

Court of Appeal rules that Dr Bawa-Garba is not to be erased from medical register

Liverpool University graduate Lydia Campbell explains the legal background to the week’s big judicial decision

Aug 14 2018 11:46am
A new YouTube star is born: Court of Appeal to be live-streamed

‘Revolutionary’ proposal will mean even family cases could be broadcast live

May 31 2018 12:33pm
High Court and Court of Appeal judges star in iPhone-shot YouTube videos

Is Mr Justice Warby the next Zoella?

Nov 3 2017 12:44pm
President of the Family Division namechecks legal blogs in Court of Appeal judgment

Blogosphere gains evermore credibility

Oct 19 2017 1:01pm
Law Society fails to strike out negligence claim after bogus firm appeared on ‘Find a Solicitor’ database

Case can now go to trial

Aug 31 2017 1:14pm

‘It’s not appropriate’: Top judge expresses concern over McKenzie friends after hearing criminal appeals prepared by law students

Two of the applications received legal support from students at Northumbria University and BPP Law School

May 26 2017 3:10pm
Why has the Court of Appeal ruled a ‘very upset’ wife must stay married to a man she hasn’t lived with for two years and who allegedly behaved unreasonably towards her?

Philip Marshall QC, who represented her in the divorce battle, speaks to Legal Cheek

Mar 27 2017 9:05am
Young judges see pay packets swell to nearly £200,000 in wake of age discrimination case victory

Exclusive: High Court and Court of Appeal judges’ salaries upped by 11%

Feb 22 2017 9:21am