All articles by John Hyde – Page 235
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NewsLeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients
Complaints-handler joins multiple critics of SRA proposals to reform practising rules.
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NewsNAHL profits rise as it expands beyond mass PI market
Share price value increases by 3% following the announcement.
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NewsJackson LJ calls for court funding rethink
Architect of eponymous civil justice reforms says it’s wrong to shift cost burden to litigants.
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NewsCity savages SRA over handbook changes
As Brexit looms, City solicitors berate proposals which could ’damage the reputation of English law’ at a time when our jurisdiction is vulnerable.
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NewsGateley returns to acquisition trail
Birmingham property consultancy is second purchase since pioneering law firm went public.
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NewsInsurers will be ‘reluctant’ to pass on whiplash savings – Fitch
Ratings agency says industry will want to see evidence of lower claims costs before cutting premiums.
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NewsConvicted fraudster tells police: my solicitor made me do it
Officer warns about misconception over fees leading to submission of false claims.
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NewsSlater and Gordon to sue Quindell successors over £637m deal
Record law firm acquisition was completed last year.
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OpinionFinally, a judgment we can all understand
I don’t want the law to be dumbed down, just made more manageable.
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News‘Relentless and obstinate’ McKenzie friend allowed to be advocate
Defendant claimed assistant was mounting wider campaign, but judge allows him to represent litigant.
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NewsTransforming justice: wider fixed costs regime on the way
Ministry of Justice also gives the green light to the online court for resolving civil claims.
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NewsShare price tumbles as listed company increases debt by £10m
Fairpoint profits drop slightly in first half of this year.
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NewsLawyers aghast at SRA plans to lift cold-calling ban
Rule on unsolicited calls would disappear from the code of conduct under plans to drastically slim down the handbook.
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NewsFirm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors agrees to regulatory settlement following SRA investigation.
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NewsNotW’s former legal chief found in contempt for misleading MPs
Tom Crone misled parliament over his knowledge of evidence of those involved in phone hacking.
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NewsCompensation fund payouts tumble by £5.9m in a year
The number of claims coming into the fund also falls, from 1,842 in 2014 to 1,174 last year.
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NewsMunby calls for action on England-Scotland enforcement
Sir James Munby says there are ‘serious lacunae’ in the law on recognition of court orders.
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News12-month sentence for ‘utterly false’ whiplash claim
High Court hears Bernard Parmar made or caused to be made six separate false statements of truth in £15,000 claim.
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NewsComparison sites need access to firms’ past mistakes – SRA chief
‘People outside the sector would be surprised at how contentious this is proving for legal service providers.’
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NewsScrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB
Oversight regulator wants fundamental change – including of the professional title of solicitor.