All articles by John Hyde – Page 87
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News‘Size matters’: Clyde and BLM create biggest defendant practice
Expanded firm trumpets new technology which can read 99% of all required claims documents.
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NewsFirm shuts citing ‘unmanageable’ rises in PII costs
Conveyancing practice secures merger with 360 Law Group after finding insurance too expensive.
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NewsClaimant loses £49k damages as High Court overturns ‘injustice’ finding
County court had ruled that fundamentally dishonest claimant was due some money.
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NewsCivil Justice Council kicks off 'holistic' review of costs
Costs budgeting, fixed recoverable costs and impact of digitisation all under the spotlight.
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News‘Burn it’ solicitor: Destroying evidence was ‘utterly stupid’
Raymond McKeeve says there was ‘nothing surreptitious’ about app that he instructed be destroyed.
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NewsGovernment to pay ‘reasonable fees’ of Post Office claimants
Minister says he wants to allay any concerns that victims of Horizon scandal will have to meet their own legal costs again.
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NewsWill cancelled after solicitor failed to probe ‘paranoid delusions’
Court hears that client was suffering from increasing paranoia but a proper assessment was not carried out.
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OpinionWhy is Raab so keen to hand the SRA extra powers?
New fining limit has been rushed through to make it look as if the government is acting on 'enablers'.
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NewsRaab approves SRA fining powers increase to £25,000
'We’re freeing up the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to focus on the most serious breaches, such as those involving Russian sanctions.’
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NewsSlater and Gordon splits business but denies merger talk
National firm makes changes as it is denied permission to appeal costs challenges decision.
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NewsTribunal turns down solicitor’s plea to strike him off
Former partner said he preferred to be struck off than fined, but SDT says sanction must be proportionate.
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NewsSolicitor admits ‘burn it’ evidence call but denies contempt
High Court hears opening submissions in a committal application by grocery giant Ocado.
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News'Something has gone very badly wrong': judge turns down 19 appeals
Solicitor acting as a litigant pursued 86 grounds of appeal and handed over bundle with 2,500 pages.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell did not have consent for £28,000 deduction, court rules
Costs judge says that £240 per hour charged for a Grade C fee earner was 'clearly unreasonably high'.
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NewsSolicitors angry over vulnerable clients left ‘wide open’ to unregulated market
Continuing calls for greater intervention in the market despite the LSB backing away from more rules.
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NewsFirm fined after wrongly saying it had proper AML risk assessment
SRA says sanction must create a ‘credible deterrent’ to the legal profession.
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NewsOn the picket line: Raab condemns strike as barristers down tools
Justice secretary condemns protests as Labour says strikes are the 'last thing the justice system needs'.
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NewsSRA reveals number of open SLAPPs investigations
Regulator has written to all firms named in parliament as having facilitated drawn-out litigation.
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NewsEx-Gateley partner banned for accepting £2,500 ‘gift’
Partner insisted he thought he was entitled to receive the payment from property developer client.
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NewsSRA delves once again into race disparity in investigations
Since 2007, the regulator has held three independent reviews to make sure decisions are free from bias.