All articles by John Hyde – Page 40
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NewsProfit surge shows opportunities in injury law, says leading firm
Number of new cases rapidly rising after £32m investment in lead generator.
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NewsProgress stalls on fixed costs for clin neg claims
Issue did not even arise at latest meeting of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
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NewsFirm closing high street offices to move to central hub
Farleys Solicitors will move teams from Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley to offices on a business park in the village of Altham.
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NewsIn focus: Birmingham firm pioneers assistance dog policy for apprentice
Jemima Banks' assistance dog Albert has kickstarted a new approach by Gowling WLG.
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NewsUsher who fell asleep in court did not suffer discrimination
Agency worker alleged she was treated differently because she was black.
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NewsSRA wants to stop solicitors pocketing interest on client money
Firms continuing to profit from holding cash on behalf of clients is no longer appropriate, regulator says in long-awaited consumer protection consultation.
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NewsJudges urged to call out litigators working to hide the truth
Professor Richard Moorhead says culture of ‘can we get away with it’ is being aided by lawyers.
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NewsBarrister who accepted client's money rightly suspended, rules judge
Barrister of 42 years had argued the tribunal did not consider his experience and clean record.
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News£57k in fines in two days: SRA ramps up AML action
Firms from Oldham, Surrey, London, Wolverhampton and Birmingham all sanctioned.
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NewsLaw firm to be led by three managing partners
South east firm with ambitions to break the top 200 opts for a joint leadership model.
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NewsAberavon solicitor who stabbed colleague leaves profession
Decision taken earlier this year to agree that practitioner could come off the roll.
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OpinionA musical that powerfully unravels the Post Office Scandal
A review of Make Good, which tells the stories of three people whose lives were turned upside down.
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NewsDirector blasts ‘egregious waste of money’ after failed SRA case
Allegations against Barings Law over misleading clients and due diligence failures were thrown out by tribunal.
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NewsSolicitor abandoned 'chaotic' firm and left clients stranded
Solicitors Regulation Authority had to intervene after landlord got in touch to say solicitor was gone owing £22,400 in rent.
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NewsSolicitor referred to SRA by judge over 'fabricated' £260k costs bill
Costs Judge James says fees being charged in boundary dispute were of ‘grave concern’.
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NewsFirm’s £1.1m fee increase was not explained, judge rules
Client accuses former solicitors of trying to have their cake and eat it in dispute with hotel group.
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NewsIn depth: SRA compliance conference was exquisitely timed
In the wake of the LSB’s Axiom Ince report and with a consumer protection shakeup in the offing, the SRA’s compliance conference could not have been better timed.
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NewsSSB chief barred from being involved in CFA claims
Limits placed on Jeremy Brooke’s practising certficate following cavity wall claims firm’s collapse.
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NewsPost Office Inquiry: Commercial lawyers' 'cultural clash' delaying compensation
Senior civil servant Lorna Gratton tells the inquiry that external lawyers instructed by the Post Office had taken a ‘conventional legalistic approach’ to negotiations.
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NewsSolicitor involved in false PI claim loses strike-off appeal
Judge says solicitor was lucky not to be prosecuted over fabricated road traffic accident claim.