All articles by John Hyde – Page 192
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NewsSolicitors 'aiding and abetting concealment of potential criminal activity'
MPs say that individuals with a grievance against banks have been blocked from reporting concerns by oppressive legal agreements.
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NewsRevealed: HMCTS had already spent £18m on axed debt scheme
Ministry of Justice confirmed the Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programme was scrapped in September.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit would halt European lawyer scheme overnight, says SRA
Regulator says it is working with government to ensure transition period runs as smoothly as possible.
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OpinionLet's be honest - some bits of the PI industry are rotten
Claimants already feel baffled by a process that appears to treat them as a commodity.
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NewsMoJ braced for backlash over proposed 32% judges' pay hike
Senior Salaries Review Body set to report on how judges can be wooed from private practice.
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NewsHospitals have nothing to fear from SC judgment, says Darnley lawyer
Lord Justice Jackson warned of consequences if NHS trust was found negligent over waiting times information.
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NewsSupreme Court finds hospital negligent over misleading waiting time
Patient left hospital after thinking he would have to wait hours to be seen, then suffered a serious brain injury.
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News'Thoroughly dishonest' solicitor jailed for contempt
Law firm founder lied repeatedly after medical report inflated claimant’s injuries.
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NewsParents breach court order after 'advice' from McKenzie friend
Case reported as judicial working group still silent on proposals to regulate growing industry.
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NewsSRA flexes muscles as four banned from profession
Breaches of confidentiality and forging a colleague’s signature among the misconduct reported.
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NewsListed firm armed with £50m starts acquisition spree
Knights buys Leicester firm and brings on board its 59 fee earners.
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NewsRelaxed rules prompt conveyancers to jump the SRA ship
Insurance requirement changes mean firms can now switch regulators more easily.
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NewsIgnoring costs lawyer earns judicial rebuke in fee dispute
Master Leonard says Brethertons should have given Kerry-Anne Moore ‘the same professional courtesy as a solicitor’.
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NewsNews focus: Tories give little away on justice
Ministers offered lawyers few crumbs of comfort at the Conservative Party conference, reiterating the government’s £1.6bn legal aid pledge.
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NewsRevealed: firms that are allowed to operate outside solicitor rules
The SRA’s ‘safe space’ was extended in July - and the regulator has now started to publish details of applicants successful since then.
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OpinionJeans at work? Law firms should let us ditch the suits
Competition for talent is coming at the traditional legal profession from all sides. Marginal gains are essential.
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NewsJudge reprimanded for third time over delayed rulings
Arrangements put in place to prevent further delays to Mr Justice King’s judgments.
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NewsVictory for claimant firms as costs disclosure appeals dismissed
Further guidance for stack of cases where former client has queried deductions from their damages.
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NewsLaw firm's complaint over Lloyds' black horse ad fails
Keystone Law said bank had been misleading through its stated commitment to supporting customers.
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NewsConservative conference: Whitehall mistakes burden the justice system
Justice minister says departments have an obligation to get their decisions right.