John Hyde
Deputy News Editor
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News‘Law without the lawyers’: Firm’s venture lets clients do the work
Kennedys creates tech start-up where clients turn to lawyers only when expert advice is needed.
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Competition watchdog vows to look again at legal sector
Concerns remain that progress recommended in 2016 has been slow to materialise, conference hears.
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SRA will not appeal magic circle partner's fine
Regulator’s decision means Ryan Beckwith is now free to resume his career as a solicitor.
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Vehicle hire firm accelerates into legal services market
New entity will own personal injury firms NewLaw and Principia Law.
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Retiring solicitor took on new matters despite pledge to shut down
Colin Grooms was also found to have failed to co-operate with the legal ombudsman over a client complaint.
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Speculation mounts over RTA portal delay
Ministry of Justice believed to be poised to announce postponement of much-vaunted reforms of the handling of whiplash claims.
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‘Get doctors in the room for clinical negligence mediation,’ lawyers told
Figures show more cases than ever are going through an alternative dispute resolution process.
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Supreme Court spurns insurers’ appeal over injuries on private land
Judges refuse application for another hearing into the thorny issue of liability for an incident involving uninsured driver.
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Slater and Gordon set to cut fee earner roles in Birmingham
Firm continues nationwide consolidation as it moves towards model of centres of excellence.
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£2.4m more? Explain yourself, Chancery Lane tells ombudsman
Law Society points out solicitors' frustrations with complaints handler as proposals for budget increase are opposed.
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Nothing in the pot for employees at failed PI firm
Work in progress at Nesbit Law has failed to recover significant funds due to poor quality of cases.
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Disclosure pilot not a stick to beat opponents, says Vos
Chancellor of the High Court says the bench will start to punish parties using pilot as a litigation tactic.
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US legal profession gears up for reform with 'innovation' push
Regulators still not prepared to change rules but given biggest sign yet that times must change.
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Firm’s £8m Nottingham deal is eighth acquisition in less than two years
Knights plc also confirms it has expanded is loan facilities with an extra lender.
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Novice solicitor struck off over backdated signatures on legal aid form
Charles Myers also sought to destroy documents by putting them through the shredder.
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Unfit expert witness hit with £89k wasted costs order
Clinical negligence case collapsed after consultant did not know test applied for a breach of duty.
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Broker steps in to offer freelance solicitors a PII solution
There has been concern few insurers would be willing to commit to an uncertain market.
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MoJ rules out any major changes to bereavement damages system
Government says payments to bereaved relatives were ‘only ever intended to be a token’.
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Dishonest solicitor misled clients about case progress to ‘buy time’
Catherine Sandbach agrees to be struck off the roll of solicitors.
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PI lawyers alive to Supreme Court case on overnight care costs
Case likely to have implications for lawyers negotiating catastrophic injury settlements.
