All articles by John Hyde – Page 243
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NewsReforms will leave clients vulnerable to rogue McKenzie friends – APIL
Personal injury lawyers say conditions would be ripe for exploitation by some paid helpers.
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OpinionBite the bullet and raise the court fees cap
If the courts must generate cash, the £10,000 limit is simply too low.
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NewsAppeal judge’s dismay at ‘cavalier approach’ to pleadings
Lord Justice Lewison uses 13-year-old case to rail against parties holding information back.
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NewsFees shortfall helped create £427m black hole – MoJ chief
Permanent secretary Richard Heaton outlines struggles of meeting spending settlement.
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NewsLitigation funder raises £100m to meet demand
Burford Capital says billion-dollar war chest is ready to be deployed immediately in UK and around the world.
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NewsContentious LeO staff payments scheme scrapped
Controversial payments stopped last month as ombudsman seeks to close chapter on difficult two years.
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NewsLawyers who sold up to Slater and Gordon nurse £13m paper loss
Tumbling share price has demolished value of stakes that former owners at UK legacy firms will soon be free to sell.
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NewsConveyancers held liable for rogue client
His Honour Judge Pelling said that Windsor firm A’Court & Co made no serious attempt to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
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NewsGove's reforms 'not getting through' Number 10
Downing Street offering ‘limited bandwith’ for departments seeking progress.
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NewsMetamorph Law ready to begin acquisition assault
High street consolidator says it is ready to expand on back of alternative business structure licence.
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NewsPI victim gets 100% costs – despite failing with one allegation
'The judge could not properly have deprived the claimant of her costs,’ says Court of Appeal.
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NewsUnregulated firms denied ‘veneer of legitimacy’ through LeO
The LSB had included proposals in its draft business plan and suggested consumers would benefit from access to redress.
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NewsFirms unite to fight Osborne’s PI reform plans
A2J (Access to Justice), backed by 38 firms, accuses insurers of deliberately misleading ministers.
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NewsClaimants defeated in first ‘fundamental dishonesty’ trial
DDJ Eaton-Hart said two claimants had ‘presented a deliberate inaccurate position’.
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NewsQS chief departs as network moves closer to property business
Company will strengthen links with property services firm Move With Us to try to grow lead generation.
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NewsCreditors to get nothing from failed crowdfunded CMC
Rebus Group went into administration in February, with 15 staff made redundant.
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OpinionGove’s MoJ has gone to sleep
The department seems to have gone into hibernation, but solicitors need certainty.
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NewsSRA shuts down five firms in the space of a week
West Yorkshire Police confirm arrest in relation to fraud allegation linked to one closure.
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NewsGateley makes first acquisition as a PLC in £2.7m deal
The new business, renamed Gateley Capitus, is the first new addition to the group since the firm floated.
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NewsSusskind: online court is just the beginning
‘Many outmoded practices of the traditional courts will be replaced,’ says renowned futurologist – online court is just the ‘spearhead’.