All articles by John Hyde – Page 282
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NewsMoJ admits no extra funding to support witnesses in court
The government will pay £24m over two years to Citizens Advice – the same amount it currently gives to Victim Support.
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NewsLoan options created for WIP income
Company says it can offer unlimited funding to law firms across the country.
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OpinionHate them if you like, but we need McKenzie friends
Clients are facing an advice vacuum – they need any help they can get.
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NewsCancer Research UK voices opposition to Saatchi bill
Charity warns of ‘risk of unintended consequences’.
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NewsCourt overturns legal aid denial in ‘wrongful arrest’ case
Sunita Sisangia sought public funding for a claim she intends to bring against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
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NewsParent company pledges support for Rocket Lawyer UK
Accounts show liabilities exceeding assets at legal document firm.
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NewsJudge rages at ‘grotesque leeching’ of costs in divorce
Lawyers and experts received £920,000 in total – almost one-third of the assets.
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NewsCourt rules successor firm responsible for complaint
Kerman & Co sought judicial review after being informed the LeO had jurisdiction to deal with a complaint about firm it acquired.
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NewsLord chief justice attacks court secrecy
Lord Thomas calls for greater guidance on issue of anonymous defendants.
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NewsWatchdog bans ‘offensive’ clinical negligence ad
Advertisement featured a diagram of a pregnant woman surrounded by the labels ‘birthing injury’, ‘cerebral palsy’ and ‘forceps injury’.
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NewsPrisoner-lawyer calls recorded, Grayling admits
Investigation promised into recordings of conversations made from prison.
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NewsDoctors ‘concerned over whiplash panel’
MedCo set to be operational next year but details still to be resolved.
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NewsLord chancellor denied relief over missed deadline
Although delay did not affect any pre-existing court timetable, delay in service prevented start of the pleadings process.
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Quindell’s value slides after AIM correction
Share price fell by nearly 23% in early trading after correction on director purchases.
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NewsGovernment rules out hybrid DBAs
Civil Justice Council commissioned to review DBAs – but hybrid arrangements off the agenda.
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Prof helps law firm predict future
Hodge Jones & Allen teams up with academics to asses viability of personal injury cases.
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NewsMcKenzie friends body lays down law
New trade association for McKenzie friends wants all members to be insured and meet minimum standards of qualification and experience.
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NewsFixed fees needed for deafness claims, say insurers
ABI says the monthly number of such claims has risen from 1,000 in 2012 to 3,500 in 2014.
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NewsBulk PI firms will provide better service – FOIL chief
Claimant industry undergoing consolidation that defendant firms have already experienced.