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Weekly law digests

15 December 2017
Issue: 7774 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Disciplinary proceedings

Bar Standards Board v Crawford [2017] EWHC 3101 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 21 (Dec)

The sanction of a reprimand imposed on the respondent had been within the appropriate range open to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Council of the Inns of Court. Accordingly, the Divisional Court dismissed the appellant Bar Standards Board’s appeal. It further made observations arising out of the appeal that might assist future appeals by the Bar Standards Board.

Contempt of court

Simmonds (as trustee in bankruptcy of Mr Albert James Pearce) v Pearce (a bankrupt) [2017] EWHC 3126 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Dec)

As it was the first time that an application for committal had been lodged with the Administrative Court in respect of breaches of the Insolvency Act 1986, ss 312, 333 and 363 using the procedure set out in CPR 81.15, the Divisional Court gave guidance on the correct procedure. It then endorsed the claimant trustee in bankruptcy’s certification that the respondent bankrupt, without reasonable excuse, had failed to comply with his obligation under

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

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Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

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Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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