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Navjot ‘Jo’ Sidhu KC ‘abused his professional position’ and trust of young woman he was mentoring, panel findsThe former chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has been disbarred over sexual misconduct towards a young aspiring lawyer.Navjot “Jo” Sidhu KC faced disciplinary allegations over inviting a woman in her 20s – referred to in tribunal proceedings as Person 2 – to stay overnight in his hotel bed during a mini-pupillage or work-shadowing experience in 2018. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/19/barrister-jo-sidhu-kc-disbarred-tribunal-sanctions Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-03-19 19:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

All the fight seems to have gone out of the Tory leader, but mood on Labour’s backbenches is frosty over benefit cutsIt’s come to something when the most striking sign of activity on the Conservative frontbench at prime minister’s questions is Chris Philp’s manspreading. Not a pretty sight, I grant you, but stick with me. Maybe the Philpster suffers from chafing. Maybe he’s just very insecure and territorial. Either way, his thighs are getting wider apart by the day. Too much further and he will dislocate his hips. God knows what his shadow cabinet colleagues make of it. By now

Ice-cream brand’s board says David Stever has been ‘removed’ for refusing to ‘oversee the dismantling’ of its valuesBusiness live – latest updatesBen & Jerry’s has accused its parent group, Unilever, of sacking the ice-cream brand’s chief executive for refusing to “oversee the dismantling” of its progressive values.David Stever – who led the company for almost two years having first joined it as a tour guide in 1988 – was “removed” from his post earlier this month, it has emerged in a court filing from the US-based brand. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/19/ben-jerrys-unilever-ceo-ince-cream-david-stever Author : Sarah Butler Publish date :

Nicholas Prosper, 19, who also plotted to carry out mass shooting at his former primary school, gets life sentenceA “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.Nicholas Prosper admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Falcon, 16, and Giselle Falcon, 13, last month. Their murders were part of a wider plot to storm a morning assembly at his former primary school with a shotgun and “cause the