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The Telegraph
City regulator fired whistleblower after he exposed ‘serious wrongdoing’, tribunal told (March 2025)
Alleged knifeman won’t face trial for more than three years because of backlog (March 2025)
The Law Gazette
Three-and-a-half-year wait for machete trial sets new record (March 2025)
Daily Mail
High-flying lawyer sues Sainsbury’s for £25,000 slander damages [Photo] (October 2023)
Embarrassed judge APOLOGISES to machete suspect as he admits court logjam will delay his hearing for three years (March 2025)
The Times
‘Discord’ at watchdog over peer-to-peer lending as early as 2016 (June 2022)
Solicitor sues Sainsbury’s after security guard shouted, ‘You thief!’ [Photo] (October 2023)
Politico.eu
London Playbook PM: Growing pains – ‘BROKEN BRITAIN’ (March 2025)
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – Prince Philip’s Will (Jan 2022)
Civil Procedure Rule Committee propose major curtilage of Open Justice (May 2022)
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – Concerns raised over function of Online Procedure Rule Committee (Dec 2022)
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – Tweet of the Week (Nov 2023)
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – Tweet of the Week (Jan 2024)
Legal Cheek
Court delayed for nearly an hour due to jammed door (Feb 2025)
The best social media posts of the week (March 2025)
Alternative Credit Investor (formally P2P Finance News)
Lendy director took out £1m in personal expenses (June 2021)
The ongoing legal cases that could shape the future of P2P (Jan 2022)
Former Collateral directors plead not guilty at court (Jan 2022)
Date set for trial of Collateral directors (Feb 2022)
Lendy’s head of development says he was unaware of overvaluations (March 2022)
The House Crowd investors handed three-week deadline for court submissions (April 2022)
FundingSecure faces fresh ‘secret commission’ claim (May 2022)
Lendy tribunal hears of “chaotic” and “toxic” final days (Aug 2022)
Assetz found to have treated customer unfairly by ombudsman (Feb 2023)
Collateral trial: Investors say apparent FCA approval drove decision (April 2023)
[It was at this point we asked P2P Finance News to stop regurgitating our content]
Daily Express
Lawyer accused of shoplifting at Sainsbury’s sues for £25,000 [Photo in print edition] October 2023
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Transparency Project
Court hearing lists and open justice (May 2022)
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