All articles by John Hyde – Page 76
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NewsAscot lawyer appears before SDT on multiple charges
Allegations include breach of undertaking, offensive communication and improper transfers.
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NewsFirm employee who texted prisoner banned by regulator
Birmingham police station representative convicted last year of communicating with prisoner.
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NewsMoJ to explore dual discount rates for PI damages
Government opens discussion about whether to have different rates depending on length of loss.
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NewsPI firm bucking market gloom with plans to double in size
Express Solicitors can accommodate hundreds more staff after consolidating four offices.
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NewsEx-solicitor to pay £15,000 SRA costs 12 years after strike-off
Regulators found struck off solicitor now had stake in £600,000-plus property.
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NewsProfits rebound at Knights as listed firm unveils fresh acquisition
Knights claims it is now the largest regional commercial practice in the UK.
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NewsFirms go under as PII premiums soar to 20% of turnover
Indemnity insurance becoming particularly expensive for firms reliant on conveyancing work.
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NewsNews focus: Bar's watchdog comes under heavy fire
Annual report card marks down bar’s regulator on leadership and enforcement – but barrister representatives counter that the Legal Services Board has fallen victim to mission creep.
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NewsSolicitor serving 12 years in prison struck off
Fraud conviction came three years after prison sentence for contempt.
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News'We owe it to our history': 250-year-old law firm vows to survive Metamorph collapse
Aylesbury-based Parrott & Coales is one of three firms owned by the Metamorph Group which have not been closed down by the SRA.
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NewsCourt rejects costs budgeting plea on child's clin neg claim
Judge accepts incurred costs are high but says there are too many unknowns to make order.
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NewsMembers’ provision halved as claimant firm’s profits slip
Thompsons predicts an upturn in work from unions as economy struggles.
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NewsBar regulator fails end-of-year inspection - but SRA fares better
Legal Services Board reserves particular criticism for BSB decision to pause Post Office investigation.
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NewsCollapsed firm’s creditors stand to recoup just 0.3% of £21m owed
Latest estimate from McMillan Williams administrators casts gloomy outlook for unsecured creditors.
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NewsJunior sues her old firm for hacking ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages
Unnamed firm used private messages as part of defence to solicitor’s sexual harassment claim.
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NewsStruck off solicitor made bankrupt by former firm
Further reports were made to regulator by second firm about conduct of solicitor.
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NewsBack to the future? Costs lawyers see Belsner solution in the past
Organisation puts forward alternative solution to expensive costs disputes ‘clogging up’ courts.
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NewsParalegal dismissed after nine days loses ADHD claim
New recruit was late for work on seven out of eight days and colleagues raised issues about behaviour.
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NewsEpic costs assessment ‘unprecedented’, says judge
Court heard arguments over 97 days - for 44-day trial - as virtually every item was contested.
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NewsNews focus: Metamorph - anatomy of a collapse
Metamorph Group said it was ‘revolutionising legal services’. So what went wrong?