Tag: Courts

Tackle backlog with pop-up pub courts, suggests former appeal judge

Other options include libraries, churches and supermarkets

Apr 25 2024 8:49am
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Sam Allardyce hits out after losing assistant to jury duty

New Leeds manager describes decision not to release Sammy Lee as ‘poor judgement’

May 4 2023 9:16am
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‘We don’t allow dancing’, judge tells jury at Ed Sheeran copyright trial

British singer denies his song Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye's Let's Get it On

Apr 27 2023 11:56am
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Future of Ince trainees remains unknown as insolvent firm secures more time to find buyer

Lack of updates is 'worrying', says Junior Lawyers Division

Apr 26 2023 4:31pm
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Court case held in the metaverse

Participants use VR headsets and interact via avatars

Feb 21 2023 9:54am
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‘Our criminal justice system is quite literally being held together by duct tape — action is needed now’

Fundamental change is required to avoid a 'complete collapse', warns solicitor advocate Ben Brown

Jan 10 2023 9:25am
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Barrister conducted ‘hearing under an umbrella’ due to leaky court roof, Bar Council report claims

Lawyers say they've endured 'sewage pouring down the walls' and 'flea infestations' too

Nov 17 2022 8:30am
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London’s Commercial Court: Under threat, or concern about nothing?

Reading University law student Ben Holder takes a look at the Commercial Court and assesses its future

Nov 7 2022 12:36pm
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TV cameras to film in criminal courts for first time today

Coverage restricted to judge's sentencing remarks

Jul 28 2022 6:47am
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Solicitor who injected food with blood found not guilty due to insanity

Leoaai Elghareeb suffered psychosis during supermarket rampage last summer, causing nearly £500,000 of damages

May 6 2022 12:18pm

Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy

Aspiring lawyer used alias 'Grapejuice' in encrypted chats

Jan 13 2022 2:53pm

Polite lawyers are actually the most aggressive, research finds

Saying 'respect' in court can in fact mean 'disrespect'

Jan 6 2022 9:51am

East Anglia Uni student uses contract law revision notes to defeat landlord in court

Jack Simm was just a fresher when he initiated proceedings

Dec 13 2021 11:41am

Plastic surgeon Zooms in to virtual court during operation

And you thought 'cat lawyer' was strange

Mar 2 2021 10:39am

Netflix’s Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes — as criminal case backlog hits 457,518

Blackfriars Crown Court flogged for a reported £65 million in 2019

Jan 21 2021 11:37am