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• Trump saves fireworks for outside court on first day of fraud trial

  02-10-2023 23:46
  
  Trump was a quiet presence inside court, but outside he said ‘deranged’ judge overseeing case ‘should be out of office’Not many defendants would dare to brand the judge overseeing their case “deranged”, call for them to be kicked out of office and dismiss the suit against them as a “witch-hunt”. Not many defendants are Donald Trump.On the first day of a civil fraud case that could decide the future of his business career, Trump cut an angry, uncomf
  
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• Trump attacks New York court for fraud trial that threatens his business career

  02-10-2023 23:21
  
  Ex-president rails against judge and prosecutors accusing him of years-long fraud they say inflated his wealth by as much as $2.2bnDonald Trump attacked the judge and New York prosecutors who have charged him with orchestrating a years-long fraud on Monday as state prosecutors accused the former president of using the scam to inflate his wealth by as much as $2.2bn.Trump arrived at a New York court just a few miles south of Trump Tower on Monday for the first day of a fraud trial that could see
  
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• Breaking: Axiom Ince prepares to bring in administrators

  02-10-2023 17:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm’s website also down as business appears to be winding down.
  
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• Axiom Ince prepares to bring in administrators

  02-10-2023 17:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Troubled firm’s website also not working as business appears to be winding down.
  
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• Trump in New York court for fraud trial that threatens his business career

  02-10-2023 16:59
  
  New York attorney general accuses ex-president of using false and misleading financial statements and argues he owes at least $250mDonald Trump arrived at a New York court just a few miles south of Trump Tower on Monday for the first day of a fraud trial that could see the former president and his family business paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and that has already threatened to end his business career in the city where it started.The New York attorney general, Letitia James, h
  
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• Carr sworn in as lady chief justice

  02-10-2023 13:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Momentous appointment is a sign that times are changing,' Law Society president says.
  
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• First legal ‘unicorn’ in $552m funding deal

  02-10-2023 13:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Pogust Goodhead announces litigation funding partnership with US hedge fund Gramercy.
  
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• High Court dismisses firm’s JR challenge on legal aid payments

  02-10-2023 13:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society, which intervened in the case, criticises ‘overly restrictive’ billing practices.
  
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• Ancient tribunal to consider why lights on Southampton bridge are blue

  02-10-2023 12:38
  
  Fans of Southampton FC are using court leet to try to get Itchen Bridge lights switched from rivals’ coloursIn medieval times the “court leet” in Hampshire dealt with matters such as wrangles over water supply, the grazing of stock and what a proper measure of beer looked like.On Tuesday, the age-old tribunal in Southampton will consider a modern controversy: why the lights on one of the city’s bridges beam out blue. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Hostile' Court of Appeal judge warned over bullying of counsel

  02-10-2023 12:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Justice Lewis has since apologised and vowed to adjust his behaviour.
  
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• Conservatives: housing courts could tackle anti-social behaviour

  02-10-2023 11:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Cases involving anti-social behaviour in 'crumbling' civil justice system taking 18 months to reach trial.
  
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• Dorset firm slapped with £45,000 fine for claims failings

  02-10-2023 09:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bank refund firm submitted inaccurate information and acted where clients had told it to stop.
  
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• Trump fraud civil suit starting Monday threatens to end his business career

  02-10-2023 09:00
  
  New York attorney general Letitia James will argue Trump owes at least $250m in profits made from false financial statementsJust a few miles south of Trump Tower in New York City, a judge on Monday will hear allegations of fraud within the Trump Organization in a trial that could see Donald Trump and his family business paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and that has already threatened to end his business career in the city where it started.The New York attorney general, Letitia J
  
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• ‘I could have had a job and kids’: Oliver Campbell hopes for justice 30 years after murder charge

  02-10-2023 08:00
  
  Exclusive: in 1991 Campbell, who has a mental impairment, received a life sentence for a crime he says he did not commitGently spoken and with a propensity to worry, Oliver Campbell, 53, is a little anxious about how he is going to get to the court of appeal in London from his home in Suffolk later this month and quite what he will find when he gets there.He remembers almost nothing of the 14 police interviews he endured three decades ago or even much of the trial at the Old Bailey where was sen
  
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• Struck-off Bretherton showed ’demonstrable theme of misogyny’

  02-10-2023 07:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In 82-page written judgment, tribunal outlines reasons for striking off solicitor who took advantage of 18-year-old colleague.
  
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• 'Demonstrable misogyny’ required strike-off, tribunal reveals

  02-10-2023 07:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In 82-page written judgment, tribunal outlines reasons for striking off solicitor who took advantage of 18-year-old colleague.
  
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• 'Demonstrable misogyny' required strike-off, tribunal reveals

  02-10-2023 07:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In 82-page written judgment, tribunal outlines reasons for striking off solicitor who took advantage of 18-year-old colleague.
  
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• News focus: Power of attorney reforms

  02-10-2023 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lasting powers of attorney can now be made completely online, which the government hopes will streamline a process ‘drowning’ in paperwork. But concerns remain about accessibility.
  
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• News focus: Financial crime - good intentions, poor resources

  02-10-2023 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  An update for solicitors on anti-money laundering and financial crime.
  
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• Denton and default judgment applications

  02-10-2023 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Civil procedure.
  
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