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12 March 2014
Issue: 7598 / Categories: Legal News
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Coroner struck off

Gloucestershire solicitor took nearly £2m from clients

Gloucestershire coroner and solicitor Alan Crickmore has been struck off after taking nearly £2m from clients. He is currently serving an eight-year sentence for the same fraud. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found he misappropriated clients’ funds and used them for his own benefit, withdrew and transferred monies from the client bank account and took unfair advantage of a client. JC Chesterton, chair of the panel, says: “This tribunal rarely sees such conscious impropriety on such a scale over such a sustained period of time.” The Solicitors Regulation Authority has paid out more than £250,000 from the Solicitors Compensation Fund to Crickmore’s victims.

Issue: 7598 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Real estate and construction energy offering boosted by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

NEWS
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Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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