All articles by John Hyde – Page 146
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NewsMoJ admits employment tribunal backlog now at 10-year high
Outstanding caseload likely to get worse when furlough ends this month.
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NewsSlater 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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NewsCovid-affected law firm office reopens after deep clean
Bolton Council confirms thet PI firm has made required safety improvements.
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NewsDate 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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NewsLitigation 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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NewsTransparency rules not bringing down prices, reports LSB
Super-regulator tells competition watchdog that more action is needed to help consumers.
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NewsMidlands 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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NewsQualified 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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NewsCosts 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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NewsManchester 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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NewsJudge tells lawyers: Stop wasting our time with trivial applications
Bristol family judge says parties not adhering to his warning will be criticised and sanctioned.
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NewsSlater and Gordon kicks off ‘aggressive’ growth plan with PI acquisition
Firm says it has made ‘immediate and significant’ expansion of its business following a 16-fold rise in profits.
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NewsCourt allows mother to recover inquest costs as part of PI claim
Case centred around whether liability had been fully admitted before inquest went ahead.
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NewsLawyers step in as Manchester students locked down
Orders issued to students to self-isolate come under legal scrutiny.
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NewsHybrid hearings 'increase risk of unfairness'
PI leader says that 'lawyers and courts are so pleased to have a hearing at all that they overlook fairness issues'.
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NewsBirmingham solicitor elected as future president of Law Society
Lubna Shuja will take up position in 2022 after serving as deputy vice and then vice president.
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NewsFirm required to disclose client advice in dishonesty claim
Law firm, which did not specifically object to the disclosure application, expects the documents to absolve it from liability.
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NewsSunak offers new incentives to keep on ‘viable’ jobs over winter
Chancellor says that as economy reopens it is 'fundamentally wrong' to hold people in jobs that only exist inside furlough.
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NewsUS private equity firm increases stake in DWF
Cartesian Capital says DWF strategy offers great value for shareholders.
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NewsPotential buyer emerges for crisis-hit claims firm
NAHL chair says 2020 has been most challenging year in company’s history.