All articles by John Hyde – Page 184
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NewsSRA insists avoiding conveyancing conflict 'fundamental' as firm fined £2k
Greater Manchester practice admits systems did not work in handful of cases.
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NewsOne month to go: countdown on price publishing rules
Firms also told they can download ‘digital badge’ which will itself become mandatory.
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NewsRevealed: Liverpool firm sunk by £15m claims linked to employee transactions
Documents also reveal Simpson Millar will pay no more than £2.6m for defunct EAD Solicitors.
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NewsJudge throws out claim that firm erred on retainer duty
Court rejects argument that even if issues were not part of retainer, it ‘should have been obvious’ to lawyers from involvement in negotiations that claimant needed to get advice about his rights.
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NewsDefendants pay heavy price for refusing to discuss costs
Judge says defendants could have addressed their concerns about costs by engaging the Part 36 process.
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NewsLiP's late email 'not sufficient' to justify adjournment
Appeal court backs judge’s decision not to accede to litigant in person’s request.
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NewsFirms helped with publishing prices as transparency deadline looms
Law Society practice note offers guidance for how firms can be compliant.
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NewsGovernment targets law firm 'facilitators' profiting from dirty money
Minister will set out plans for new multi-agency national economic crime centre.
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NewsHigh-profile Midlands firm enters administration after director banned
Unnamed buyer found for ambitious and acquisitive DBS Law following failure of CVA to settle debts.
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NewsCoA rules firm did not need to 'volunteer' advice beyond retainer
Judges say City firm had ’no legal duty to warn’ and so could not be held liable for any lost recoveries.
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NewsDone deal: Gordon Dadds agrees £43m Ince & Co acquisition
Statement to the London Stock Exchanges confirms creation of biggest listed UK firm.
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NewsCourt slaps down defendant's bid to stop case without going to trial
Master’s original judgment had panicked claimant lawyers over the future conduct of litigation.
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NewsCivil Liability Bill: Labour makes final pitch for £1,500 small claims limit
Amendments tabled ahead of crucial Commons vote next Tuesday.
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NewsLeigh Day in the clear as High Court throws out SRA appeal
Ruling likely to bring an end to epic prosecution over Iraqi claims which has cost at least £9m so far.
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OpinionThis Life? For 21st-century young lawyers, c'est la vie
The new generation of solicitors and barristers won’t remember This Life. But they’re probably living it.
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NewsJudge berates aggressive litigation tactics 'from an earlier era'
Legal advisers for the parties 'regularly give the appearance of taking turns to outdo their opponents in terms of lack of cooperation’.
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NewsDIY probate provider ordered to halt 'limited offer' £29 claim
Advertising watchdog found cut-price offer had actually been in place for six years.
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NewsJudge (partially) retains sanction for partial costs budget
But High Court ruling does allow for costs that had been agreed, as mistake was not deliberate.
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News'What about quality?' Consumer watchdog bemoans focus on prices
Legal Services Consumer Panel says clients may be misled into equating high prices with better quality.
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NewsFamily judge goes public to BBC on litigant in person headache
HHJ Wildblood says people representing themselves in court find the experience ‘very difficult’.