All articles by John Hyde – Page 239
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NewsJudge lambasts witness for ‘throwing allegations around like confetti’
Solicitor engaged with property developer and former close friend in renovation costs dispute.
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NewsSimpson Millar owner reviews business amid job loss speculation
Fairpoint Group consulting with staff on 'certain structural changes'.
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NewsLawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans
Proposals dismissed as unjustified and likely to leave successful claimants paying more.
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NewsFixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures
Full rundown of the proposed options for claimant lawyers under the new scheme.
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NewsCMC complaints increase 39% in the space of a year
Delays and failure to refund upfront fees account for half of all complaints about claims management companies.
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NewsClin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms
Campaigners claim proposals to restrict costs would ‘seriously harm access to justice and patient safety’.
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NewsMishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells
City firm's client was duped into buying a London property from a tenant posing as the owner.
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NewsFirm’s innovation puts clients together with sports stars
Manchester firm creates online platform already used by 150 athletes looking to a career after sport.
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NewsHeald summoned to explain Brexit effect on civil justice
Minister will appear before committee to outline how future cooperation with EU member states will work.
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NewsDoctors’ regulator urges caution over release of patient records
Guidance attempts to set the regulations for when information can be shared with solicitors.
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NewsTruss delays personal injury discount rate decision despite ABI defeat
Government says review of the 2.5% discount rate is taking longer than expected.
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NewsDivorce order set aside after ‘procedurally unfair’ mistakes
Court of Appeal says husband in final hearing was not given protections he was entitled to.
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NewsMillennial lawyers won’t be wedded to firms in future
Futurologist says future lawyers will move from project to project rather than hold out for partnership.
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NewsMoJ not minded to regulate third-party litigation funding
Justice minister says market is still in its early stages of development.
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NewsSRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices
Competition watchdog has said the legal sector must be compelled to be more transparent.
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OpinionA doomed legal sector? Not according to the stats
We may have convinced ourselves this is a profession in terminal decline. But the figures say the opposite.
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NewsABS bought out of administration to save 215 jobs
National firm DWF announces acquisition of Triton Global.
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NewsCity warns of ‘perverse’ effects of extending fixed costs
Committee sets out opposition to extending the scheme as Jackson’s call for evidence nears end.
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NewsTruss seeks to head off attacks on judiciary after Brexit ruling
Supreme Court justices 'people of integrity and impartiality', lord chancellor says.
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NewsFirms unite to meet demand from international insurance clients
DAC Beachcroft in alliance with German, US and Australian counterparts.