All articles by John Hyde – Page 155
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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.
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NewsInjured off-road victims ‘sacrificed at hands of Brexit’, say lawyers
Government hails decision to scrap ‘over-the-top’ law concerning insurance for vehicles on private land.
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NewsHome alone too: What’s it like never to have met your colleagues?
An unlucky few have spent months working in new jobs despite never having met their colleagues. What has it been like not even to have seen the water cooler, let alone share a water cooler moment?
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NewsMagistrate’s sacking over gay adoption views was ‘inevitable’, says CoA
Richard Page loses claim for discrimination after removal from magistracy after BBC interview.
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NewsForecasters say one-third of lawyers could be in virtual firms by 2026
New business models in pole position to take advantage of changing attitudes to work, says report.
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NewsIt’s not our business where and when you work, top-200 firm tells staff
Mishcon de Reya says it trusts employees to be responsible without restrictions on their working practices.
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NewsGovernment reveals long-awaited whiplash portal start date and tariffs
Changes will come into force at the end of May with the advent of the new RTA claims portal.
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NewsConsumers love online reviews when picking a lawyer, super-regulator finds
Online reviews seen as key to judging standards - but not so much when they’re on law firm websites.
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NewsOld CPR links reopened as upgrade work continues on new site
Court users also frustrated with listings moving to the gov.uk website.
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NewsCampaigners accuse government of 'bullying' over £1m PPE case costs
Claimants challenging PPE contracts secure £250,000 costs capping order ahead of May hearing.