All articles by John Hyde – Page 45
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NewsPlans for court fee rises ‘back of a fag packet’ job
Claimant groups demand transparency about whether fees are paying for court upgrades.
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News‘Lacked moral compass’ solicitor was not dishonest, tribunal rules
Yorkshire solicitor suspended after tribunal found he lacked integrity in handling client cases.
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NewsClaims firm shuts down as effects of PI reform continue
Owners of Accident Claims Lawyers Limited took the decision last year to run off remaining case files.
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NewsReview of SRA’s handling of Axiom Ince will be completed by the spring
LSB appoints Northern Ireland law firm to make an assessment of the Axiom collapse.
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NewsFirm appoints liquidators weeks after losing court battle
Powys high street firm had been locked in a legal fight with its litigation funder.
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NewsFinance boss duped new firm about £600,000 fraud conviction
SRA finds disgraced former accountant was dishonest and posed a risk to the reputation of his employer.
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NewsFormer lawyers to Wagner chief announce firm is closed
Firm had been named last year in the coverage of SLAPP cases involving Russian clients.
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NewsLaw firm owner's shares in freefall after grim profit warning
Rosenblatt owner reveals it has incurred £1.9m costs fighting employment claims.
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NewsMirror Group in-house lawyer knew about phone hacking, court finds
Judgment in Prince Harry case states that solicitor joked to reporters about how they could gain access to mobile phones.
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NewsTwo more firms fined thousands over AML failings
Sanctions again issued despite no evidence of any harm done by shortcomings in compliance procedures.
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NewsPost Office solicitor knew of IT flaw before criminal trial, inquiry hears
Rob Wilson was informed about discrepancy in 40 branches but did not disclose issue to defence.
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News‘I will get there’: Solicitor who had stroke at 26 easing back into the law
Junior practitioner thought she was suffering a headache in 2020 but scans showed she had developed blood clots on the brain.
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NewsSolicitor’s indefinite suspension lifted after 15 years
Wales property specialist says his desire to get back into the profession had been 'reawakened'.
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NewsSolicitor banned for a year for sexual touching of paralegal
Solicitor, then 53, also rubbed 21-year-old on the shoulders once or twice a day, tribunal hears.
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NewsPost Office investigator dismissed victims as ‘crooks’, inquiry hears
Victim had insisted on his innocence but was told in interview he was ‘up to no good’.
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NewsLSB pledges to ‘step up’ oversight of regulators
Several areas for improvement will be set out in assessment to be published by the oversight regulator next month.
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NewsPost Office was told to report three of its lawyers to SRA
External report cited potential issues over 'inadequate investigation' and 'negligent decision-making'.
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NewsLobby group demands regulation of ‘no win, no fee’ term
Report by 'Fair Civil Justice' suggests clients have no idea they may be taking on a costs risk.
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NewsListed legal group secures £24.5m credit facility
Owner of Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal announces new borrowing arrangement to give it 'time and stability'.
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NewsLegal ‘influencer’ focuses on non-regulated business after firm’s closure
Alice Stephenson says her regulated law firm was forced to close after HMRC called in tax debt.