All articles by John Hyde – Page 62
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NewsSRA hailed as ‘most sophisticated, mature’ regulator by overseer
Strong indication from Legal Services Board that it would approve merging of professions.
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OpinionSRA’s power grab arguments still don’t stack up
Regulator is barely capable of doing its current work, without taking on whole new powers.
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NewsLSB plans independent review of Axiom Ince disaster
Law Society says solicitors should not pay a penny more until causes of shortage are known.
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NewsFirm entitled to dismiss trainee solicitor over emails, tribunal finds
Trainee failed to argue that dismissal was down to making protect disclosure and/or her pregnancy.
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NewsEx-Eversheds employee banned for sexual touching on staff away day
Senior client development manager receives section 43 order for repeatedly grabbing colleague.
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News‘Dereliction of your duties’: Post Office solicitor lambasted over conduct
Solicitor Jarnail Singh accused of ’rewriting history’ over his treatment of key witness.
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NewsLiP assault on judge in court was no isolated incident, say insiders
HMCTS had stressed following the Milton Keynes assault that such events are 'extremely rare'.
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NewsEY reveals redundancies as legal ‘disruptor’ set to close
Riverview Law was acquired with great fanfare but will be wound down.
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NewsNew guideline hourly rates published
Rates rise as high as £546 an hour after master of the rolls accepted need for an increase.
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NewsAxiom executive offers £1m guarantee to help plug Ince deal gap
Almost half the money agreed as part of the Ince acquisition remains outstanding, administrator reveals.
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NewsInvestigation launched after family judge assaulted in court
Judicial Office says judge is being offered access to counselling after attack.
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NewsBig Stowe acquisition leads spate of law firm mergers
Stowe Family Law takes on practice with 17 offices across the country as Cripps announces merger with PDT.
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NewsNews focus: Cyber-attack hits conveyancing firms – what lessons need to be learned?
A cyber-attack on law firm IT provider CTS plunged many conveyancing firms into crisis. As services are restored, the outage highlights the necessity of due diligence before signing with suppliers.
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NewsCelebratory email over jailed woman ‘not my language’ - Post Office solicitor
Senior in-house lawyer Jarnail Singh was congratulated on conviction by senior executives for ‘brilliant news’.
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NewsMoJ investigating 385,000 backlog of whiplash cases
Officials looking into why nothing is happening for so many low-value RTA claims.
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NewsA&O silent on whether it paid ransom to cyber-criminals
Firm working with forensic specialists to minimise impact to clients.
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NewsAxiom Ince: SRA rules out immediate levy as £33m claims come in
Regulator also opts against capping claims from out-of-pocket clients.
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NewsMoD’s £20m legal costs bill ‘shows system is flawed’
Government says claims are defended robustly but lawyer says this approach extends veterans’ suffering.
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NewsHoliday sickness claimant denied a fair trial, Supreme Court finds
Travel operator had not cross-examined expert witness and offered no expert evidence itself.
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NewsIgnored solicitor did not suffer age discrimination, tribunal finds
Tribunal accepts that firm made an inadvertent mistake by ignoring emails from long serving family specialist.