All articles by John Hyde – Page 108
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NewsRaab invites ‘drastic and bold’ ideas to keep family matters out of court
Lord chancellor says as many as half of cases should be settled through ADR or mediation.
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NewsEastern promise as growing firm swallows up local rival
Ashtons Legal now boasts a headcount of more than 400 across six offices in East Anglia.
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NewsCosts bill not valid because solicitor’s signature was illegible
High Court grants permission to appeal an order that the bill in a clinical negligence case was validly served.
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News'Experienced' LiP refused adjournment for pro bono counsel's unavailability
Judge said absence of barrister in £5m professional negligence claim is significant but not overwhelming.
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News‘We’re freezing!’ Lawyers grumble as courts heating packs up
Solicitors and court staff are having to wear coats and gloves indoors as temperatures plunge.
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NewsEx-barrister who harassed former lover has life sentence quashed
Sentence was 'manifestly excessive and wrong in principle' Court of Appeal rules.
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NewsListed firms buoyant after reporting half-year profit rises
Knights and Gateley both optimistic about coming six months after promising half-year figures.
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NewsLaw firms join Black Friday bandwagon with host of special offers
Discounts and promotion codes dangled before clients on ‘biggest shopping days of the year’.
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NewsVos calls for review of time-consuming costs budgeting regime
Master of the rolls says he wants incremental change rather than another Woolf or Jackson - and hits out at foreign litigants.
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NewsSRA chief tells firms to ‘take the rough with the smooth’ over PII hikes
Regulators have no intention at this stage of stepping in to reduce minimum terms and conditions for insurance.
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NewsData claim with £50k costs sent to county court after ‘procedural abuse’
Claim worth £3,000 reallocated to the county court after stinging criticism of claimant solicitors.
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NewsSRA says fines no longer enough for sexual misconduct
Regulator questions whether financial penalties are likely to ‘meet public expectations’.
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NewsSRA plans to end indemnity cover for retired solicitors
Closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund is regulator's preferred option in consultation opening today.
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NewsCollapsed Pure’s debts run to almost £25m
Leading claims firm was handling 28,000 cases but succumbed after lenders demanded their money back.
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NewsSpotlight shines on legal profession in ongoing MP jobs row
Attention switched to £900,000 paid to former attorney general Sir Geoffrey Cox QC for legal work and consultancy services.
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NewsOffer of support was 'not genuine', ex-DWF solicitor tells tribunal
International firm denies discriminating against former director of recoveries team.
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NewsSRA seeks big increase in fining powers
£25,000 maximum and fixed penalties for low-level offences proposed in major reform of sanctions.
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NewsTop firm extends paid paternity leave to 12 weeks
Baker McKenzie announces a raft of changes aimed at supporting families.
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NewsConsultant solicitor was not an employee, rules employment tribunal
Judge describes claim as ‘at best opportunistic’.
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NewsBurnett: Lawyers like remote hearings so they can do more
Lord chief justice indicates that some advocates want remote hearings even if they are not in the interests of justice.