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29 May 2008
Issue: 7323 / Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum
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Cleaner Scandal

News In Brief

An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegal immigrant cleaner will keep his job, the Office for Judicial Complaints has announced. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, says Judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan and a woman judge known as Judge J—who jointly employed Roselane Driza—showed poor judgment in employing the Brazilian cleaner without checking her immigration status. However, says Lord Phillips, further detailed enquiries into this matter will not be pursued given that Khan “continues to suffer from ill health and Judge J no longer holds judicial appointment”. Driza was convicted of blackmailing Judge J and stealing intimate videos from Khan in 2006. She was later cleared of blackmailing Khan.

Issue: 7323 / Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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