All articles by John Hyde – Page 119
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NewsWeinstein NDA hearing will be in private, tribunal confirms
Anonymity directions will remain in place until proceedings are concluded.
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NewsEast Midlands firm expands with acquisition of neighbour
Award-winning firm acquired and will move out of its office before the end of this month.
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NewsRugby dementia claim lawyer: This is about safety, not compensation
Richard Boardman says there is a 'ticking timebomb' of retired players with brain injuries.
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NewsCouncil ordered into mediation after row over solicitor attending
Local authority turned down mediation over special educational needs because mother wanted lawyer with her.
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NewsSmall claims taking almost a year to come to trial
Trials in the county court down across the board from July to September this year.
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NewsNews focus: Post-Beckwith, SRA must focus on 'what matters to clients’
Will the SRA stop insisting 'solicitors are paragons of virtue' in their private lives?
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NewsCash for courts upgrade in doubt
Lord Burnett confirms business case for securing funds to finish modernisation programme by 2023 was presented to Treasury in October.
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NewsAppeal judges demand rule change after epic 100-page JR grounds
Challenge to Covid restrictions prompts Court of Appeal call for 'appropriate procedural rigour'.
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NewsCrisis-hit Legal Ombudsman warned of possible 'alternatives'
LSB says lawyers and consumers want improvement but have little confidence in Legal Ombudsman.
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NewsPublic respect for law ‘ebbing away during lockdown’
Trust harmed by perceptions that high-profile figures are breaking the law with impunity.
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NewsExtended operating hours 'misunderstood', says lord chief justice
Government currently consulting on widening Covid-19 operating hours to more courts.
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NewsCourt grants 35% uplift on guideline rates ‘as a starting point’
Judge says rates being charged in north west litigation bear no relation to reality.
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NewsDoomed firm ‘over-valued’ WIP by £15m before collapse
Notice of administrator’s proposals sets out downfall and pre-pack sale of Yorkshire firm.
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NewsNew MPs may need lesson in constitutional boundaries, says lord chief
Clash over parliamentarians' letter to judges shows the 'need to respect independence of the judiciary'.
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News'Apologies Bill' aims to take the heat out of disputes
Conservative backbencher wants the law changed so apologies are not regarded as admissions of liability.
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NewsNews focus: Solicitors still missing scam red flags
Law firms are still ignoring too many red flags, SRA compliance conference hears
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OpinionBeckwith judgment: where now for the SRA?
Major questions will be asked of the regulator’s approach and its attitude to costs.
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News‘Lawyers aren’t a charity’: Family judge awards £60k incurred costs
Court says client should not be beholden to lawyers over unpaid costs.
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NewsSRA chair: Going back to old ways of working would be a ‘travesty’
Anna Bradley hopes that changes to working practices can continue when pandemic ends.
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NewsLegal PA placed in redundancy ‘pool of one’ loses dismissal claim
Law firm worker argued that firm should have widened scope of redundancy consultation.