All articles by John Hyde – Page 295
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NewsJet2 flight delay ruling ‘opens floodgates’ to claims
Court rules that a technical fault could not be defined as ‘extraordinary circumstances’.
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NewsQuindell suffers another blow with listing rejection
Share price falls as company fails to satisfy requirements for change in stock exchange listing.
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NewsQASA fight pushes LSB legal spend up 10-fold
Accounts show regulator’s overall spending falling slightly.
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NewsTax policy confusion ‘hugely damaging’, say City lawyers
City of London Law Society calls for introduction of independent body to oversee all new tax legislation.
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NewsSRA confirms another month of falling firm numbers
Just 30 firms closed in February – the most recent month that figures are available – but over the course of the past year 1,094 firms have gone.
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NewsConsumer panel to use FoI requests for lawyer data
Watchdog wants to collate more information on lawyers’ performance in the coming year.
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NewsPI lawyers ‘making too much money’ from process
Government seeks to justify plans for a ban on PI inducements.
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NewsNHS chief’s pledge on negligence
Stuart Poynor does not want the trust to ‘defend the indefensible’ and instead believes it should take a ‘pro-active’ approach to claims handling.
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Litigation funder set to take on lower value cases
Trusted Litigation Capital will come to market in September.
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NewsMoJ to ban up-front incentives
Another set of PI reforms set to be introduced in the run up to the general election.
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NewsCMC warning over complaints-handling switch
Ministry of Justice set to introduce flat charges on a sliding scale of fees based on a company’s turnover.
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NAH profits up £1m despite referral fee ban
Claims manager trims headcount and panel firms in response to ban.
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NewsBuffer rule for deadlines ‘good common sense’
Written prior agreements can now be extended by up to 28 days.
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OpinionIt’s impossible to solve the Mitchell riddle
Jackson wanted consistency; lawyers want common sense. The two are incompatible.
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NewsScots embrace funding reforms to repel English threat
DBAs and QOCS to be introduced north of the border.
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NewsAppeal court set for triple Mitchell showdown
Master of the rolls to hear appeals that should finally offer clarity over post-Jackson landscape.
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NewsNew draft of Saatchi bill seeks to calm fears
Revised Medical Innovation Bill to be introduced to House of Lords this week.
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NewsDAC Beachcroft plans 65 redundancies with Manchester closure
Firm blames ‘market conditions’ for closure of claims validation office.
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NewsLinder Myers starts talks on redundancies
Chief executive Tony Stockdale confirms the firm will look at cutting ‘a number’ of positions over the next month.
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NewsJudge shuns Mitchell stance in ‘interests of justice’
Eady: wrong to have justice ‘compromised merely for the sake of discipline or the marking of disapproval’.