John Hyde
Deputy News Editor
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NewsEx-Eversheds employee banned for sexual touching on staff away day
Senior client development manager receives section 43 order for repeatedly grabbing colleague.
News‘Dereliction of your duties’: Post Office solicitor lambasted over conduct
Solicitor Jarnail Singh accused of ’rewriting history’ over his treatment of key witness.
NewsLiP assault on judge in court was no isolated incident, say insiders
HMCTS had stressed following the Milton Keynes assault that these events were extremely rare.
NewsEY reveals redundancies as legal ‘disruptor’ set to close
Riverview Law was acquired with great fanfare but will be wound down.
NewsNew guideline hourly rates published
Rates rise as high as £546 an hour after master of the rolls accepted need for an increase.
NewsAxiom executive offers £1m guarantee to help plug Ince deal gap
Almost half the money agreed as part of the Ince acquisition remains outstanding, administrator reveals.
NewsInvestigation launched after family judge assaulted in court
Judicial Office says judge is being offered access to counselling after attack.
NewsBig Stowe acquisition leads spate of law firm mergers
Stowe Family Law takes on practice with 17 offices across the country as Cripps announces merger with PDT.
NewsNews focus: Cyber-attack hits conveyancing firms – what lessons need to be learned?
A cyber-attack on law firm IT provider CTS plunged many conveyancing firms into crisis. As services are restored, the outage highlights the necessity of due diligence before signing with suppliers.
NewsCelebratory email over jailed woman ‘not my language’ - Post Office solicitor
Senior in-house lawyer Jarnail Singh was congratulated on conviction by senior executives for ‘brilliant news’.
NewsMoJ investigating 385,000 backlog of whiplash cases
Officials looking into why nothing is happening for so many low-value RTA claims.
NewsA&O silent on whether it paid ransom to cyber-criminals
Firm working with forensic specialists to minimise impact to clients.
NewsAxiom Ince: SRA rules out immediate levy as £33m claims come in
Regulator also opts against capping claims from out-of-pocket clients.
NewsMoD’s £20m legal costs bill ‘shows system is flawed’
Government says claims are defended robustly but lawyer says this approach extends veterans’ suffering.
NewsHoliday sickness claimant denied a fair trial, Supreme Court finds
Travel operator had not cross-examined expert witness and offered no expert evidence itself.
NewsIgnored solicitor did not suffer age discrimination, tribunal finds
Tribunal accepts that firm made an inadvertent mistake by ignoring emails from long serving family specialist.
NewsCyber incident: Top conveyancer says completions starting to happen again
ONP Solicitor working round-the-clock on manual processes for concluding deals.
NewsSolicitor rebuked for losing independence in support of client
Cambridgeshire solicitor made assertions which were not arguable to opponent.
NewsDozens of conveyancing firms paralysed by cyber attack
Regulator says firms have a duty to keep all parties informed about delays as house movers are stuck in limbo.
NewsNews focus: Another firm failure highlights pitfalls of cavity wall claims
Solicitors were among those who had high hopes for what appeared to be a goldmine of claims relating to cavity wall insulation, but this mini-industry was always built on very shaky foundations.