All articles by John Hyde – Page 167
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NewsNews focus: Lawyers line up for parliament
Dozens of solicitors and barristers are after your vote in this week’s general election, but the impact of Brexit and tactical voting mean that nothing can be taken for granted.
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News'New breed' firm rescued after rapid expansion backfired
April King stays in business after director’s buyout and now looks to develop new business model.
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NewsLaw Society backs efforts to encourage DBAs
Draft regulations are welcomed, but Chancery Lane says details still have to be smoothed out.
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NewsBaker McKenzie didn't brush Person A under the carpet, tribunal hears
Witness says she waited outside hotel room - but Gary Senior's request to be alone with an associate did not trigger alarm bells.
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NewsPerson A felt ‘cast aside’ by Baker McKenzie to protect firm’s reputation
Tribunal hears testimony from female associate who was kissed by managing partner in a hotel room.
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NewsLast-minute service of claim is ‘courting disaster’, lawyers told
QC says issue brought into sharp focus by opposition not needing to flag up a mistake.
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News‘Not my finest hour’: Solicitor fined after taking 14 years over estate
Tribunal finds Bedford-based veteran practitioner 'lost control of his administrative workload'.
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NewsTributes pour in for justice campaigners who died at London Bridge
Friends and fellow Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones attended the same conference on prisoner rehabilitation.
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NewsRecord year for UK solicitors seeking Irish ‘Brexit backstop’
Applications have been more than double the previous post-referendum record set in 2016.
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NewsFormer partner ordered to pay £182k costs of shutting down his firm
First case of its kind where High Court asked to order former partner to stump up costs of closing his firm.
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News‘Obsessional’ CPS solicitor was not victimised at work, rules tribunal
Employment judge dismisses claims of bullying, victimisation and discrimination.
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NewsInsurers back reform of limitation law for child abuse claims
Claimant lawyer accuses some defendants of seeking to 'weaponise' time limits.
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NewsEAT rails against 'endless delays' of interim orders
Judge makes his own plea at the end of an appeal against striking out of claims.
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OpinionSolicitors let off the leash as SRA lifts the curfew
The regulator has trusted solicitors to flourish in the absence of restrictions - now it’s a case of hoping it works.
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NewsFirm asks for partner investment after rise in operating expenses
Moore Blatch moves to all-equity partnership model and says the business will be more agile in future.
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NewsConservatives pledge to end ‘abuse’ of judicial review
Manifesto makes no spending commitments on legal aid or court reform.
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NewsNew dawn for legal services as solicitors set free
Solicitors now subject to revised standards placing greater faith in their professional judgement.
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NewsLeigh Day loses success fee battle over Iraqi claims
Dispute with the Ministry of Defence about interpretation of CFAs signed with claimants.
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NewsBarrister removed from new-breed law firm was not a worker, rules tribunal
Tribunal finds Brian Mark was free to choose what work he took on at firm he co-founded.
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News‘Wholly deceitful’ City legal worker siphoned £32k into own accounts
Police say fraudster spent money on holidays and in expensive bars and restaurants.