All articles by John Hyde – Page 136
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Ombudsman backs redress extension for all legal services users
Competition watchdog told that it is difficult to argue for the current differences in consumer protection.
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Litigant jailed for website harassment campaign against judge
Javed Shaikh was the webmaster for a website called Judges Behaving Badly which continues to exist.
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Racism driving out black solicitors at top firms, SRA hears
Recruitment leader suggests firms could hold back pay increases for supervisors who lose black recruits.
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Government prepares for crackdown on ‘inside job’ pre-pack sales
Administrators of troubled law firms have cited pre-pack deals as a better alternative than intervention.
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Mental health: Charity begins major study of lawyer wellbeing
LawCare will work alongside academics to document day-to-day life in the law.
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Employer not liable for practical joke that backfired
High Court ruling makes clear that employers are not expected to implement a policy dealing with ‘horseplay’.
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Firm mourns ‘extraordinary and unique’ family lawyer
Dawson Cornwell announces that the head of its children department Anne-Marie Hutchinson has died.
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SRA back on trail of firms flouting price transparency rules
Chief executive reveals that temporary halt on disciplinary action during the pandemic has now been lifted.
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G-A-Y owner instructs lawyers to fight 10pm closure rule
Simpson Millar and Kings Chambers leading on nightclub’s judicial review challenge.
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MoJ admits employment tribunal backlog now at 10-year high
Outstanding caseload likely to get worse when furlough ends this month.
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Slater and Gordon chief: 'We don't really want to be a law firm'
David Whitmore tells the Gazette that growth will be ‘more strategic’ as technology takes centre stage.
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Covid-affected law firm office reopens after deep clean
Bolton Council confirms thet PI firm has made required safety improvements.
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Date set for firm’s Supreme Court showdown with Ryanair
Bott & Co will appeal the decision to let the airline bypass solicitors in flight delay claims.
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Litigation funding giant's profits slip but ‘pipeline is rebuilding’
Burford says it has passed the test of lockdown despite profit and revenue figures heading downwards.
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Transparency rules not bringing down prices, reports LSB
Super-regulator tells competition watchdog that more action is needed to help consumers.
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Midlands firms join forces and commit to expansion plans
Coventry firm dating back more than 200 years has brought another practice on board.
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Qualified solicitor, 41, loses battle for financial support from parents
Claimant had urged court not to abandon him to the ‘capricious’ decisions of his parents.
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Costs ruling opens way for uplift on CoP guideline hourly rates
Judgment hailed as providing reassurance for people worried about survival of practice.
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Manchester lawyers on alert after positive Covid-19 test
Court staff member contracts coronavirus, prompting message for anyone in the building in the past two weeks.
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Judge tells lawyers: Stop wasting our time with trivial applications
Bristol family judge says parties not adhering to his warning will be criticised and sanctioned.