Tobacco smuggling barrister disbarred
Mohammed Shafee Shaikh attempted to smuggle more than a tonne of shisha tobacco into the UK.
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RBS could face 'thousands' of global restructuring claims
Humphries Kerstetter will represent victims of alleged RBS wrongdoings.
'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
Human rights group publishes findings of nine-month review.
Absent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Guy Brooke sentenced to 21 months following dispute with Therium Capital Management.
Digitisation only half the battle, says bar's next chair
Andrew Langdon says case must be made for further reform of justice system and stresses ‘close cooperation’ with Law Society.
Liberty director urges lawyers to speak out on immigrant detentions
Martha Spurrier threatens to come down on the government ‘like a ton of bricks’.
Legal Aid Agency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
Agency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600,000’
Trio on trial deny setting up fake agency to siphon off interpreters’ fees.
CPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.