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• Michael Cohen says he inflated assets to ‘whatever number Trump told us to’

  24-10-2023 19:27
  
  Trump’s ex-fixer takes stand at New York fraud trial as former president, in attendance in court, attacks Cohen as ‘proven liar’Michael Cohen testifies – live updatesDonald Trump’s ex-fixer inflated the valuation of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Mr Trump told us to”, he has testified.Michael Cohen made the allegation as he took the stand at Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York. His highly anticipated testimony is at the h
  
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• Michael Cohen faces former boss Trump in New York courtroom

  24-10-2023 18:34
  
  Cohen’s highly-anticipated testimony in a New York courtroom is at the heart of the prosecutors’ case against TrumpDonald Trump dismissed his ex-fixer as a “proven liar” on Tuesday as the star witness in his fraud trial pledged to hold the former president accountable for alleged crimes.Michael Cohen’s highly-anticipated testimony in a New York courtroom is at the heart of the prosecutors’ case against Trump. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs call for evidence on pre-recorded cross-examinations

  24-10-2023 17:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Justice committee issues call for evidence on practical operation of section 28 measure and potential improvements.
  
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• Firms continue to flout SRA transparency rules

  24-10-2023 17:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Only 42% of firms are publishing all the pricing and service information, a report for the regulator reveals.
  
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• Court to hear forgery claims against 'Dr Bitcoin'

  24-10-2023 16:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In latest preparatory ruling to trial of claim to be bitcoin inventor 'Satoshi Nakamoto', Mr Justice Mellor agrees to admit forgery and fraud evidence.
  
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• Chambers' ratings could be made public under bar reform plans

  24-10-2023 13:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Standards Board admits that publishing assessments of individual sets 'would raise the stakes of our supervision work'.
  
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• 'Historic result': lawyers and anti-corruption campaigners consider Nigeria judgment

  24-10-2023 13:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Mishcon de Reya partner Shaistah Akhtar, who led Nigeria’s legal team, said it was a ‘historic result for Nigeria and its people’.
  
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• Reporting restrictions lifted in hope of finding a kidney donor

  24-10-2023 11:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Protection backs family of 29–year-old man in need of haemodialysis treatment.
  
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• Specialist court for housing disputes ruled out

  24-10-2023 11:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government says it would be better to focus on existing processes to improve possession enforcement.
  
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• Michael Cohen to face former boss Trump in New York courtroom

  24-10-2023 07:00
  
  Trump’s one-time fixer, who pleaded guilty over hush-money payments and lying to Congress, ‘looking forward to the reunion’Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen is set to deliver highly anticipated testimony on Tuesday against his former boss at the former president’s fraud trial in New York.Trump is expected to be in attendance for the testimony, which Cohen said will be the first time he has seen Trump in five years. Continue reading...
  
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