All articles by John Hyde
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NewsSRA intervenes into PM Law group to protect client interests
Regulator takes action two days after clients and staff were shut out of group firms.
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NewsFCA and SRA warn claims firms on excessive exit charges
Joint statement says fees for terminating retainer must be clearly stated up front.
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News‘Clear your desk and go’: The overnight closure of PM Law
Clients cast adrift after staff were locked out of IT systems and told to put up the ‘closed’ signs. For now, confusion reigns.
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NewsGlobal firm wins race case - despite 'gauche and inept' rejection emails
Employment judge says Clyde & Co should 'learn some important lessons' about recruitment processes.
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NewsFirm fined £68,000 for processing CA$23m through client account
SRA found there was no proper connection between legal services provided and money passed through client account.
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NewsStaff in despair as 20-practice network shuts suddenly
Reports indicate that Yorkshire and Cumbria outfit PM Law has ‘not closed in the manner we would expect’, SRA says.
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OpinionLong winter of discontent for the SRA as problems pile up
The past month has exposed fundamental issues with the regulator which need urgent attention.
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NewsClient account 'stealth tax' will hit clients, say lawyers
Government warned that proposed levy on interest payments could put firms doing legal aid work out of business.
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NewsClient's emails accusing firm of fraud were defamatory
Client sent six emails in a month in response to an invoice for £34,500 from London firm.
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NewsReform of inflated clinical negligence damages 'long overdue', say MPs
Public Accounts Committee says government cannot continue to ignore escalating costs of clinical negligence.
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NewsRegulator eases practising rights rules amid post-Mazur delays
Practising rights entry rules relaxed as more groups join upcoming Court of Appeal proceedings.
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NewsSolicitor 'motivated by resentment' banned for deceiving friend
Property specialist had falsely messaged to say that sale of jointly owned property had not yet been completed.
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NewsCourt makes triple whammy ruling on key fixed costs disputes
Costs judge rules on the scope, timing and provisions of fixed recoverable costs regime.
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NewsPre-Mazur advice 'not always articulated with sufficient precision', LSB concludes
Super-regulator says professional bodies should have been working together to arrive at a shared position.
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NewsCourt upholds £50,000 ombudsman award to complaining clients
Judge says solicitor was not entitled to court-style disclosure in the ombudsman process.
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NewsClaims firm fined £120,000 for sending millions of unsolicited texts
Barrage of text messages prompted 46,000 complaints from recipients.
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NewsHigh volume claims: SRA investigates 72 firms
Warning notice sets out what regulator expects firms to be telling no win, no fee clients.
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NewsClaimant's bid 'to defer the inevitable' in legal fees fails in court
A former client accused by a law firm of a cynical attempt to get out of paying legal bills has lost his attempted High Court challenge. Source: Michael Cross In Biggar v Howard Kennedy costs judge Leonard ruled that claimant Alan Biggar, who faced charges of ...
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NewsFormer coroner struck off for downplaying rape allegation
Criminal allegations were not pursued but tribunal finds phone call to explain them was dishonest.
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NewsDefence solicitor jailed for sexually abusing 13-year-old girls
Police say Suleman Baig groomed two girls, offering them up to £100 for explicit photographs.