All articles by John Hyde – Page 26
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NewsSolicitor suspended one month after losing counterclaim
Corporate transaction specialist and two of her related firms subject to SRA intervention.
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NewsFirm employee assaulted colleagues after staff party
Devon practice received a number of complaints after misconduct in a nightclub.
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NewsUS firm ‘disappointed’ over SRA’s money laundering compliance charges
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett says no money laundering occurred and no harm was done to any client.
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NewsVaccine campaign solicitor denied chance to call experts at SDT
Tribunal urges parties to focus on whether legal letters constituted misconduct.
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NewsParalegal barred for dishonesty in job application
SRA finds that law graduate did not disclose fundamental dishonesty finding in personal injury claim.
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NewsLawyers welcome infected blood scandal compensation progress
Further payments due to start by the end of the year, confirms the government.
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NewsRedundant solicitors lose claim as they worked from smaller office
Solicitors tried to argue that their work was national but judge dismisses claims.
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NewsTop media lawyer to face charges of 'improper' threat of litigation
Christopher Hutchings rejects SRA’s charge ’in the strongest terms’ and says tribunal case will be 'robustly defended'.
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NewsSpecial report: Trade creditors pay £800 million price of law firm failures
Debt mountain revealed by Gazette analysis of law firms that have collapsed since the profession’s ‘Big Bang’.
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OpinionShould I quit Twitter? Probably. But I don’t have the energy to start over
Lawyers are leaving in their droves, leaving behind a vaccum of legal knowledge.
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NewsSolicitor who 'warehoused' claim loses fees counterclaim
Costs master says practitioner had 'decided to let sleeping dogs lie'.
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NewsPI boss tapped former rent-a-car colleagues to farm claims
Claims manager who used old contacts to find RTA victims fined for data protection breaches.
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NewsHigh-profile lawyers quit Twitter in disgust at Musk
Some of the most followed legal accounts say they will stop posting.
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NewsHibernating conveyancing firm brought back to life as consultancy
Revived business offers solicitors chance to keep around 70% of fees billed.
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NewsNational firm hit with £22k fine for AML breaches
Firm caused no harm but is penalised with 2.4% of its annual turnover.
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NewsCollapsed SSB's assets won't even cover administration
Creditors left tens of millions out of pocket as agreement reached on extra funds to handle windup of collapsed Sheffield law firm.
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NewsMan who incited violence against lawyers jailed for three years
26-year-old named law firm online ahead of potential attacks.
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NewsFirm owner mistakenly diverted £10,000 to office account
SRA fines owner of Cheltenham firm who showed ‘reckless disregard’ for his obligations.
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NewsSilence from the LSB as Axiom Ince report still unpublished
Report into the SRA’s handling of failed firm has been written - but remains under wraps.
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NewsAppeal judge bemoans ‘trench warfare’ of litigation tactics
Lord Justice Coulson says key points being ‘buried in an avalanche of trivia’.