All articles by John Hyde – Page 147
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NewsJudge sounds warning about ‘lazy’ solicitors over years of inactivity
Claim allowed to progress after solicitors waited almost three years past initial limitation period.
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NewsLegal Choices site at risk as SRA tries to shake off ownership
SRA wants Legal Services Board to take over site, but that option appears to be a non-starter.
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NewsLegal charity plans emergency virus funding for welfare advice
Legal Education Foundation will work with other funders to ease pressure on frontline services.
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NewsSole practitioners ‘alive and well’ despite lockdown, says SPG
Representative group wants adjustments to grant threshold and reduction in PII premiums.
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News'Abdication of responsibility': Consumer watchdog attacks SRA's compensation fund cuts
Regulator accused of making decisions based on no evidence and ignoring consumers’ best interests.
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NewsNews focus: Are small firms better placed to weather Covid-19?
Smaller firms need more government support but practices that keep a tight rein on outgoings and adapt to a sea change in working methods are better placed to limit the damage of the lockdown.
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NewsExpanding law group buys Yorkshire ABS from LegalZoom
Metamorph Group says it can become one of the leading private client firms in England.
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NewsEast Anglia heavyweight goes international with merger
Birketts announces merger with boutique firm, while neighours Ellisons also has merger news.
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NewsOnline fraudsters target lawyers working from home
Lawyers working in unfamiliar circumstances may be more prone to letting their guard drop.
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NewsCoronavirus truce extended between claimant lawyers and insurers
Hundreds of firms have agreed to commit to protocol aimed at preventing game playing during crisis.
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NewsEx-Coops boss fined £20,000 over Asons transfer
SRA decision is latest in a string of financial and regulatory issues connected to Bolton firm.
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NewsHearing in biggest ever group litigation to go ahead remotely
No guarantee that courts will be able to hold in-person hearings later in the year, adds judge.
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NewsWhiplash reforms delayed again - this time to April 2021
Lord chancellor says focus of government and legal businesses must be on response to coronavirus crisis.
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NewsFirm targets ‘significant’ cash savings to offset PI claims drop
NAH Group issues statement to investors confirming one-third of staff have been furloughed.
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NewsCovid-19: 'Grant doctors immunity from clin neg claims'
Medical Defence Union calls for public debate over whether NHS staff can be sued after crisis has eased.
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NewsFee-earners told they can’t claim for photocopying and visiting clients
New costs judgment sees master pore over almost 1,000 claimed-for items.
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NewsLiverpool lawyers lead tributes to court security guard
Diane Barney who retired last year from service has died from coronavirus.
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NewsNew recommendations coming on guideline hourly rates
Civil justice reviewers will produce proposals by the end of this year.
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NewsOmbudsman promises flexibility over complaints during lockdown
Complaints handler says it has power to use discretion about how to treat under-pressure firms.
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NewsJudges call for review of costs rules after QOCS judgment
Court of Appeal rules that defendant must be able to set off costs of winning dispute against overall costs liability.