All articles by John Hyde – Page 145
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NewsHotels and sports halls being considered as makeshift courts
Novel venues could tackle the backlog while meeting future distancing rules, lord chief justice tells MPs.
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NewsTop-25 firm cuts salaries and partner drawings for almost a year
Cost-cutting announced at Osborne Clarke as firm says 2020 likely to be ‘subdued at best’.
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NewsRule-makers told to look again at disbursement costs recovery
Supreme Court opts not to hear appeal in fixed costs case, but urges rules committee to reconsider issue.
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NewsLaw firms keep up community work during Covid lockdown
Practices across the country raising money to plug gaps left by cancellation of events.
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NewsInsight: Debt-laden McMillan had been loss-making for years
Accounts reveal firm took out loan after loan to fund rapid expansion.
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NewsSRA under pressure to extend SIF cover past 2020
Fund due to be closed down this year, but Law Society says insurance market not responding to help firms.
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NewsCourt dismisses ex-client’s claim over missing files
London firm successfully defends claims after being accused of fabricating supporting evidence.
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NewsCity firm tells staff: You don’t need to come into office this year
A third of Hausfeld workers tell their firm they are concerned about travelling into London.
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NewsMoJ confirms ‘no plans’ to review legal services regulation
Opponents of the current regime have lined up to attack it, but government seems set on Legal Services Act.
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NewsMPs unhappy over limited reform to death damages
Human Rights Committee wants policy-makers to look again at fixed sum compensation model.
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NewsFirm fails to strike out 'dishonesty' and 'deceit' claim
Case concerns duties owed before and after period where client company went into administration.
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NewsDepp v Denton: Hollywood star pleads for relief from sanctions
Court allows late serving of witness statements, but places limits on what evidence can be adduced.
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NewsHome working and money worries: Lawyers seek help for Covid concerns
Almost 50 people seek support - but charity LawCare worried this could be tip of the iceberg.
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NewsFrontline lawyers don’t all share LCJ’s enthusiasm for remote hearings
Lord Burnett of Maldon has said there is ‘no going back’ to the way courts worked pre-coronavirus.
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NewsGrowing remote firm buys specialist advisers to the stars
Excello Law still operating virtual model, but with office hubs for client meetings and seminars.
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NewsSacked employees of shut down firm awarded £114k in total
Conveyancing practice was shut down last year and now loses a series of default employment tribunal judgments.
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NewsWoman owing firm unpaid fees loses final ‘hopeless’ appeal
Firm has been trying for almost two years to enforce fees for professional services.
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NewsLCJ: ‘No going back’ to pre-Covid ways
Lord Burnett sounds positive message about the rapid introduction of technology to courts.
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NewsSRA offers extra 90-day window to firms suffering PII crisis
Firms can try to negotiate an extra policy period with their insurers in order to secure cover.
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NewsBack to work? New advice for office social distancing
Government issues advice for businesses that require people to come into the office.