All articles by John Hyde – Page 230
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NewsQualitySolicitors predicts resurgence – but it will be ‘boring’
New boss says company is on a firm footing after changing its strategy and pitch to firms.
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NewsCosts lawyers complain solicitors can’t keep to budgets
ACL chief suggests fixed costs review may be the shock solicitors need to get serious about spending.
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NewsFirm partners predict legal Brexit exodus
Survey finds 58% plan to move ‘elements’ of their business to EU member states.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell takes a £12.2m profit hit after major acquisition
Firm also reveals it has changed how it quantifies income and work in progress.
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NewsAutumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt
Insurers furious about another increase in IPT – and are already suggesting whiplash pledges could be affected.
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NewsMoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims
Claims Management Regulator says clients must have given consent to be contacted.
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NewsJudges should get a role in legal regulation, LCJ suggests
Lord chief justice addresses advocacy standards, court fees and judicial pensions in parliamentary appearance.
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NewsFreshfields ‘moving to Bishopsgate’
Magic circle firm set to abandon Fleet Street and move east, according to reports.
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ProfileTerminally ill teenager chose to have her body frozen
Zoe Fleetwood acted for 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved after her death.
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NewsLitigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side
Defendants accused Mishcon de Reya of being ‘unduly aggressive’ but judge rejected that claim.
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NewsInsurers to pocket £200m a year from PI reforms
Details of government’s impact assessment are released along with whiplash consultation.
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NewsPersonal injury proposals at a glance
Consultation asks for views on much wider transformation of the sector than first imagined.
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NewsTop CMC: whiplash reforms give us chance to be ‘more proactive’
National Accident Helpline tells stock exchange it will change its business model.
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NewsCourt of Appeal grants leeway on fixed costs application
Claimants hail result in landmark Qader case which dropped out of RTA protocol.
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NewsCampaigners warn PI reforms will cost 60,000 legal jobs
Reaction starts to come in to government’s announcement of a crackdown on claims.
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OpinionTruss sounds death knell for claimant PI sector
Lord chancellor appears even keener than her predecessors to go after claimant lawyers.
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NewsMoJ set to impose £5k small claims limit
Law Society says the plans will 'completely undermine the right of ordinary people to receive full and proper compensation'.
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NewsCleared solicitor can take malicious prosecution case to trial
Phillip Rudall alleges the Crown Prosecution Service and South Wales Police mounted a campaign against him
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BME groups report less trust in their lawyer
Consumer panel survey also finds certain minority groups far less likely to take out a will.
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News‘Name and shame’ solicitors benefiting from cold calls – PI group
Sector attempts to go on the front foot in lobbying government for action to reform personal injury market.