All articles by John Hyde – Page 91
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NewsRegulators plan new work on lawyers’ misuse of NDAs
Legal Services Board indicates fresh impulse to stop victims of misconduct being silenced.
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NewsNews focus: Claims hurdles remain after landmark Covid case
In a landmark inquest ruling on the deaths of two nurses, a coroner cited for the first time the link between Covid and industrial disease. But lawyers are ruling out a flood of civil claims.
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NewsMixed claims: Insurers fume while PI lawyers toast ‘major victory’
Reactions to landmark ruling from across the claimant and defendant sectors.
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NewsSeventh Metamorph firm shut down by the SRA
Practice operating from two sites in Buckinghamshire is the latest to be intervened into.
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NewsVictory for claimants in landmark appeal over hybrid cases
Court of Appeal rules that victims can be compensated for whiplash and non-whiplash injuries separately.
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NewsSRA fines three more firms for transparency rule breaches
Latest batch of fines includes a record penalty for this type of non-compliance.
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NewsDisability rights solicitor to face multiple charges at SDT
Allegations against Chris Fry relate to his time running his own Sheffield firm.
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NewsCosts protection still in place for last-minute discontinuance, rules CoA
Judge says QOCS cover is a ‘broad scheme of protection’ for unsuccessful claimants.
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NewsSRA imposes record £20,000 fine for AML failings
Penalty is the largest the regulator has handed out since increasing its fining powers last year.
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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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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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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.