All articles by John Hyde – Page 366

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    Fresh plea for asbestos victims 'fund of last resort'

    26 May 2011

    Lawyers acting for people suffering from asbestos-related diseases have renewed their appeal for a ‘fund of last resort’ when insurance details cannot be found. Claimant lawyers said they had waited more than a year for the results of a consultation on setting up an Employers’ Liability ...

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    Law firms ‘must improve practice management’

    25 May 2011

    Business advisors have told law firms to improve their practice management if they want to emerge from the challenges of 2011. Members of the Institute for Turnaround (IFT) warned there are too many firms that are failing to recognise or deal with financial problems early enough. ...

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    US firms show strong rebound from economic woes

    25 May 2011

    Uncertainty may still reign in the UK, but across the pond the legal sector is feeling rather more optimistic, research has suggested. A survey published today indicated that most law firms in the US are seeing revenues rise, partner numbers increase and an end to salary capping. Leaders of the ...

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    Firms freeze trainee recruitment, survey suggests

    24 May 2011

    More than three-quarters of medium-sized firms have frozen graduate recruitment for the next year – despite an increase in applications. A survey of 82 firms with between 20 and 30 employees found that most firms planned to cut costs over the next 12 months. ...

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    NHS ‘failing to learn lessons’ of litigation claims

    23 May 2011

    The medical profession is failing to learn lessons from costly litigation claims, according to a leading clinical negligence lawyer. Writing in the latest issue of Clinical Risk, Irwin Mitchell partner Ian Christian says information from legal actions is not filtering back through the NHS. ...

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    Neuberger sets out injunctions review

    20 May 2011

    The UK’s leading judges have warned MPs not to abuse their parliamentary privilege to break the privacy achieved by injunctions. Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, appeared before the media this morning to set out a review of injunctions. The report ...

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    Insurers attack high volume of whiplash claims

    19 May 2011

    Insurers have decried the UK as the whiplash capital of Europe with nearly 1,200 claims made every day.

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    Court of Appeal in landmark compensation ruling

    19 May 2011

    The Court of Appeal has overturned an Employment Tribunal’s decision to award a dismissed worker career-long compensation. Lord Justice Elias last week ruled that the tribunal had erred in awarding almost £375,000 to banker Michael Wardle in Wardle v Calyon. Wardle ...

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    City lawyer sacked after claiming '£1m' expenses

    19 May 2011

    A City lawyer specialising in fraud cases has been dismissed after ‘wrongly’ claiming more than £1m in expenses from his firm. Christopher Grierson was removed from the partnership at Hogan Lovells after the firm concluded an investigation. Lovells said Grierson, who qualified ...

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    Clarke mulls privacy law

    18 May 2011

    Ministers, newspaper editors and celebrities will turn their attentions to the Royal Courts of Justice later this week for a landmark development on injunctions. On Friday Lord Neuberger (pictured), master of the rolls, will issue a report on the use of injunctions by a committee of ...

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    Sack Clarke? Be careful what you wish for Ed…

    18 May 2011

    Dark clouds fill the sky over the Ministry of Justice, with Ken Clarke getting rained on from a great height. And to a large extent, he fully deserves his soaking. Even appearing to distinguish between ‘date rape’ and ‘serious rape’ (he ...

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    No win no fee agreements are blamed for rise in medical negligence claims

    18 May 2011

    No win no fee agreements have been blamed for a sharp rise in the number of medical negligence claims. The Medical Defence Union says claims increased by almost 20% in 2010 after several years of stable figures. More than half of the ...

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    BLG announces profits boost

    17 May 2011

    City firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BLG) has this week announced significant end-of-year profits. The firm recorded a 17% increase in turnover for 2010/11, and saw profits rise by 35% across the board. That figure took into account performance in both the ...

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    Legal Walk raises £500,000 for advice centres

    17 May 2011

    Legal workers came out in force across the country yesterday for this year’s Legal Walk. More than 5,000 people joined in the event on Monday evening to raise £500,000 for free legal advice centres in London. The Gazette acted as media ...

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    Onside Law advises on Ryder Cup

    16 May 2011

    Sport specialist firm Onside Law has taken a major role in the destination of one of golf’s biggest tournaments. The firm advised on all aspects of the bid process to host the 2018 Ryder Cup, with a decision expected to be announced tomorrow. ...

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    Hogan Lovells facilitates deal to save fashion group

    13 May 2011

    City firm Hogan Lovells has helped to facilitate a deal to save fashion chain All Saints and secure hundreds of jobs. The firm has advised Lloyds TSB on its ongoing financing of the company, which was this week bought by private equity investors Lion Capital and ...

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    SRA urges solicitors to report rivals' malpractice

    12 May 2011

    Solicitors are being urged to ring in and report any rival local firms they suspect of wrongdoing. The Solicitors Regulation Authority said doomed business plans drawn up by rogue firms are taking millions of pounds from the compensation fund, and ruining the reputation of the legal ...

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    If Question Time can give prisoners a voice, should government too?

    12 May 2011

    You can picture the scene inside the BBC’s creative team meeting. ‘How can we boost the figures for Question Time next week?’ asks a producer, as he munches on a humus and taramasalata pitta on a bed of Guardian pullout pages. ‘Nick ...

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    Supreme Court rules on miscarriages of justice

    12 May 2011

    A Supreme Court ruling that widens the definition of a miscarriage of justice has been hailed as a step in the right direction by campaigners. Judges ruled this week that victims of a miscarriage of justice did not have to prove their innocence to receive compensation. ...

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    Wragge & Co reports turnover boost

    12 May 2011

    Birmingham firm Wragge & Co says it has emerged from tough times intact and with rising profits. The international company has posted a 16% rise in turnover for 2010/11, to £112m. Core areas, including corporate, banking and finance, intellectual property, real estate, ...