All articles by John Hyde – Page 12
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NewsSRA forced to delay rise in compensation fund levies
Delay comes as super-regulator investigates the event behind the planned levy increase - the collapse of Axiom Ince.
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NewsOpposing parties renew vows of clin neg collaboration
Renewal of Covid-19 agreement aims to streamline disputes and reduce litigation costs.
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NewsSerial court loser to pay opponents’ £30,000 costs
Ten years of court proceedings have followed a dispute at a Birmingham tennis club.
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NewsCouncil under fire for ‘zealous’ pursuit of LiP houseboat-owner
Richmond council found by judge to have been ‘neglectful of its duties’ to unrepresented opponent.
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NewsCourt hits claimant who pitched up with 'unrealistic' budget
Master Thornett says lawyers must be prepared to account for the figures they claim for.
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NewsSRA shuts down two Liverpool claims firms on the same day
Managers of Langtons and BPS Solicitors also subject to intervention.
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NewsSolicitor received client fees directly to pay for his divorce
Practitioner struck off for misconduct at two successive firms.
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NewsNo mercy for litigant in person who had not bothered with the rules
Judge even went to the point of showing litigant the Civil Procedure White Book in court.
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NewsColleagues saved solicitor after knife-wielding client tried to kill him
Staff rushed to help after hearing shouts for help from solicitor being attacked in his office.
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NewsSolicitor suspended one month after losing counterclaim
Corporate transaction specialist and two of her related firms subject to SRA intervention.
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NewsFirm employee assaulted colleagues after staff party
Devon practice received a number of complaints after misconduct in a nightclub.
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NewsUS firm ‘disappointed’ over SRA’s money laundering compliance charges
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett says no money laundering occurred and no harm was done to any client.
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NewsVaccine campaign solicitor denied chance to call experts at SDT
Tribunal urges parties to focus on whether legal letters constituted misconduct.
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NewsParalegal barred for dishonesty in job application
SRA finds that law graduate did not disclose fundamental dishonesty finding in personal injury claim.
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NewsLawyers welcome infected blood scandal compensation progress
Further payments due to start by the end of the year, confirms the government.
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NewsRedundant solicitors lose claim as they worked from smaller office
Solicitors tried to argue that their work was national but judge dismisses claims.
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NewsTop media lawyer to face charges of 'improper' threat of litigation
Christopher Hutchings rejects SRA’s charge ’in the strongest terms’ and says tribunal case will be 'robustly defended'.
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NewsSpecial report: Trade creditors pay £800 million price of law firm failures
Debt mountain revealed by Gazette analysis of law firms that have collapsed since the profession’s ‘Big Bang’.
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OpinionShould I quit Twitter? Probably. But I don’t have the energy to start over
Lawyers are leaving in their droves, leaving behind a vaccum of legal knowledge.
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NewsSolicitor who 'warehoused' claim loses fees counterclaim
Costs master says practitioner had 'decided to let sleeping dogs lie'.