All articles by John Hyde – Page 214
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NewsMPs blame 'defensive' NHS culture for spiralling claims costs
Committee says government has been too slow to understand problem and get a grip on costs.
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News'Where's the evidence?': MPs tell ministers to justify discount rate reform
Committee chair says setting the rate is about how society treats injured people, following campaign by insurance lobby to force a rethink.
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NewsTreasury memo suggests real whiplash savings are just £16
Campaigners against PI reform says justification for reforms has disappeared.
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NewsSlater and Gordon confirms plans to close four UK offices
Smaller sites to be shut down as legacy of rapid acquisitions is dealt with.
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NewsCampaigning Manchester PI firm goes into administration
Practice had success in its six years in campaigning for greater safety around home hair dye kits.
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NewsCourt of Appeal allows ATE recovery for cases settled early
Lawyers and insurers have keenly awaited decision in rolled-up cases where insurance cover was claimed back.
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NewsHunt confirms redress scheme to cut maternity negligence costs
Minister says lessons are not being learned when cases take so long to reach a settlement.
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NewsHigh Court tells parties: Don't abuse our tougher approach
The Honourable Mr Justice Coulson says new ruling should act be reminder to litigants not to take advantage of procedural glitches.
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NewsListed firms talk expansion on healthy financial results
Gordon Dadds, Gateley and Keystone Law all make stock market announcements.
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NewsJudge highlights 'wholly inadequate' care provision for troubled teen
Mr Justice Hayden says judgment should be forwarded to education minister.
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NewsSupreme Court ruling on litigants in person could redraw CPR
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether litigants in person should be granted special dispensation in a case that could have far-reaching consequences. Former LiP Mark Barton took his appeal to the court last week, arguing he was ill-equipped to understand the Civil Procedure Rules. A successful appeal ...
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Ban for claims boss 'ducking out' of £250k fine
Almost 250 complaints made about efforts to bring in noise-induced hearing loss claims.
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OpinionSumption's views are interesting - but he shouldn't air them
Whether or not the eminent judge was right is not really the point.
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NewsConsumer champion attacks 'cultural resistance' to price transparency
Panel chair suggests legal sector be compelled to address reasons behind reluctance to publish prices.
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NewsBudget 2017: Hammond confirms £600m cut to MoJ spending
Cut contrasts with promises of extra money on health, defence and policing.
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NewsFirm's analytics deal will reduce clients' reliance on lawyers
Kennedys says new research will be passed onto clients to help them detect fraudulent claims.
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NewsCourt throws out arbitration award over email error
Judge rules that recipient took part in dispute leading to legal proceedings, but was not authorised to handle the proceedings themselves.
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NewsJail for fraudster pair who conned law firms
Email would encourage recipients to change bank transfer arrangements.
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NewsFault-based system 'inherently biased' to PI claimants - Sumption
Judge suggests liability principle in tort will be ‘eroded at the edges’ by legislation and judicial intervention.
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NewsMoJ reveals massive budget cut as new advice deserts open
The deeply worrying scale of the budgetary pressures bearing down on the Ministry of Justice is laid bare in new figures which will dampen already faint hopes of public funding reform. In a written parliamentary answer, justice minister Dominic Raab revealed that the MoJ will have suffered a cumulative 40% ...