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Solicitor struck off over alarming Email and Stalking
Check out the primary source: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/160042/ The solicitor’s roll is not a cloakroom where reputation can be left while conduct gets into trouble outside. A non-practising solicitor, Adrian Robert Berkeley, has been struck off after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found…
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Southern Water Prosecution Clears Court Hurdle
Check out the primary source! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ea-commences-criminal-proceedings-against-southern-water Southern Water’s pollution story has moved from dirty water to criminal process, which is where corporate memory starts to sweat. The Environment Agency announced on 22 July that the Administrative Court had confirmed its…
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Court of Protection Liberty Cases
Check out the primary source! https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-of-protection-daily-hearing-list The Court of Protection works like a hospital corridor at night: fluorescent, necessary and full of decisions nobody wanted to need! The daily hearing list for 24 July, updated on 23 July, again shows…
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Dieselgate ruling favours car makers
The High Court’s dieselgate ruling has largely gone the car makers’ way, which is bad news for claimant lawyers and good news for anyone who enjoys watching mass litigation refuse to die cleanly. The Pan-NOx litigation concerns diesel vehicles produced…
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CPS AI hallucination apology
The Crown Prosecution Service has apologised after hallucinated AI cases reached the High Court, which is the legal equivalent of serving soup with a fork and then blaming the cutlery. The episode, reported on 14 July, involved the High Court…
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Afghan Family Article 8 Appeal Reaches Court
A family separation case is in the Court of Appeal. The Home Office is appealing after the Upper Tribunal allowed appeals by a family of Afghan nationals seeking entry to the UK on Article 8 human rights grounds. Article 8…
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PPI Commission Appeal
A £2,750 dispute can cast a long legal shadow when the words around it are PPI, commission and unfairness. The Court of Appeal is hearing Orton v Barclays Bank UK Plc, trading as Barclaycard, on 8 July. The appeal concerns…
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Barrister Disbarred after Motoring Convictions
The Bar has delivered a useful reminder. Professional reputation does not clock off when the wig goes back in the box. A disciplinary tribunal has disbarred Paul Wynell-Sutherland after convictions for drink driving, failing to stop for a police officer,…
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