All articles by John Hyde – Page 12
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Listed legal group secures £24.5m credit facility
Owner of Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal announces new borrowing arrangement to give it 'time and stability'.
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Legal ‘influencer’ focuses on non-regulated business after firm’s closure
Alice Stephenson says her regulated law firm was forced to close after HMRC called in tax debt.
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Another bogus claimant jailed for contempt
Motorcycle rider falsely claimed his bike had been written off after collision with bus.
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Consumer protection held back by titles such as 'solicitor', says watchdog
Legal Services Consumer Panel condemns 'labyrinthine maze' of legal services regulation.
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Profits nosedive and fee earner numbers slashed at BCLP
Firm took a £22m hit from ceasing operations in Russia in 2022, according to annual report.
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Energy giant Octopus buys lawyer-free divorce company
Group says deal to buy amicable continues its mission to ‘challenge convention’.
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SRA hailed as ‘most sophisticated, mature’ regulator by overseer
Strong indication from Legal Services Board that it would approve merging of professions.
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Opinion
SRA’s power grab arguments still don’t stack up
Regulator is barely capable of doing its current work, without taking on whole new powers.
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LSB plans independent review of Axiom Ince disaster
Law Society says solicitors should not pay a penny more until causes of shortage are known.
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Firm entitled to dismiss trainee solicitor over emails, tribunal finds
Trainee failed to argue that dismissal was down to making protect disclosure and/or her pregnancy.
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Ex-Eversheds employee banned for sexual touching on staff away day
Senior client development manager receives section 43 order for repeatedly grabbing colleague.
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‘Dereliction of your duties’: Post Office solicitor lambasted over conduct
Solicitor Jarnail Singh accused of ’rewriting history’ over his treatment of key witness.
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LiP assault on judge in court was no isolated incident, say insiders
HMCTS had stressed following the Milton Keynes assault that such events are 'extremely rare'.
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EY reveals redundancies as legal ‘disruptor’ set to close
Riverview Law was acquired with great fanfare but will be wound down.
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New guideline hourly rates published
Rates rise as high as £546 an hour after master of the rolls accepted need for an increase.
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Axiom 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.
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Investigation launched after family judge assaulted in court
Judicial Office says judge is being offered access to counselling after attack.
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Big 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.
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News 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.
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Celebratory 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’.