All articles by John Hyde – Page 135
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NewsInsurance premiums down 1% in 2020 - as claims fell 19%
Insurers’ representative says average cost of each payout rose despite sharp fall in number of accidents.
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NewsMultiple employment claims shoot up as Covid hits working conditions
MoJ reports an 82% increase in multiple claims at the end of 2020.
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News‘It was asking for a lot’ - Ombudsman cuts budget increase demands
Complaints handler will focus on getting more from existing resources, says head.
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NewsCut office space? We want more, says leading city centre firm
JMW boss says most staff are keen to return to working in an office environment.
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NewsPI innovator ready to handle whiplash portal claims ‘from day one’
Cardiff firm says testing is complete for software to integrate with RTA portal.
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NewsInjunction set aside after court finds lawyer’s evidence inaccurate
Court presented with 'complete fabrication' of a translated document for an oral decision.
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NewsThree bars and two think swings - inside a newly-refurbed office
Take a peek inside the Liverpool firm promising to create somewhere people look forward to working.
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NewsMurder probe after former CPS lawyer found dead at home
Police name Martin Decker, 69, as the victim of Sunday’s attack in Merseyside.
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NewsNewcastle United loses bid to have top lawyer recused from arbitration
Club engaged in dispute with Premier League over takeover by Saudi investors.
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NewsIreland follows England in attacking ‘inflated’ PI damages
Prescriptive guidelines set to be approved today as government seeks lower insurance premiums.
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NewsDWF slims down loss-making Australia operation
Three offices to close and 100 posts to go as listed group re-thinks its international strategy.
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NewsFirms gear up for 31 May launch of whiplash portal
Law firms still intending to run lower-value road traffic accident claims given start date for seismic changes to market.
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OpinionTiny margins leave just a few to fight for whiplash claims
Tariffs are now confirmed, and the results are in: only those with the sharpest elbows need apply.
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NewsBarristers lose £6.9m fees appeal over unenforceable DBA
Claimants challenged an arbitration decision that they had not proved loss of earnings.
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NewsPrivate equity investor grabs stake in consultancy law firm
Phoenix Equity Partners says Setfords provides ‘superior offering’ to solicitors and clients alike.
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NewsTribunal orders BPP to pay disabled former law lecturer £168k
Unfavourable treatment of employee included comment she was ‘mad as a box of frogs’.
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NewsBudget 2021: Biggest incorporated firms face hike in corporation tax
Businesses posting £250,000 profits told to brace themselves for 25% rate.
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NewsBar chief dismisses complaints of 'woke' bias from tweeting barrister
Jon Holbrook had asked Bar Council to 'stand up to the mob', but its chair says he ignored professional obligations.
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NewsLegal aid fraudsters fail to set aside £5m judgment
Lord chancellor brought charges based on doubts about almost 5,800 immigration cases.
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NewsMoJ ‘still committed’ to increasing small claims limit for EL and PL
Wider reform of PI claims is not on the legislative timetable - but the government is not abandoning the idea.