All articles by John Hyde – Page 253
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OpinionShould the SRA care if a lawyer smokes dope?
Why must the regulator go after solicitors who commit a minor offence in their private life?
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NewsFinancial regulator backs SRA consumer credit plans
The two bodies have been in talks for more than a year over how to handle consumer credit.
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NewsElectronic filing trial extended to cover Rolls Building
The pilot scheme lasts for a year from 16 November and is an extension of the e-filing system already in place in the TCC.
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NewsNegligent global firm must pay extra £375k for contract error
Client had asked for escape clause after 42 months, but firm wrote it down as ‘within’ 41 months.
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NewsRobots won’t replace lawyers says tech chief
Richard Hodkinson reveals top-25 firm has been developing artificial intelligence for two years.
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NewsCourts strike another costs blow as charities reject fixed fees
Government warned that cases involving the elderly and babies will suffer from fixed-fee regime.
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NewsLitigation funding helping to sue solicitors for negligence
Funder says it has supported 10 cases of professional negligence against members of the legal profession.
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NewsQualitySolicitors cuts annual losses
Accounts for 2014/15 show that the pioneering network remains dependent on its private equity owners.
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OpinionTrial by social media
Clive O'Connell's plight shows that lawyers are always representing their employer. Anonymity is a luxury of the past.
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NewsPartner fired after ‘Scouse scum’ rant goes viral
Goldberg Segalla says Clive O’Connell’s comments were ‘entirely inconsistent’ with the firm’s ethos.
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News‘Lobbying tsar’ fires warning to legal firms on new register
So far only one traditional law firm – magic circle outfit Clifford Chance – has joined the register of consultant lobbyists since it opened in March.
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ProfileDamages award over Paul Weller’s family photos
Acted for three of musician Paul Weller’s children in Associated Newspapers’ most recent appeal against a decision to award them £10,000 in damages.
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NewsBig four accountants 'quietly' threatening mid-tier law firms
RBS report finds accountancy firms well placed to rival established legal market.
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NewsAbandoned MoJ outsourcing project cost £8.7m
Department opted to abandon policy of finding single contractor for court fine collection.
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NewsPolice complaints head appointed new chief legal ombudsman
Kathryn Stone will join the organisation in January.
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NewsDuke Street writes down £21.4m Parabis investment
Talks continuing about selling elements of the alternative business structure.
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NewsJudge slashes clinical negligence costs bill by two-thirds
Firm had claimed more than £32,000 after case settled for £3,500.
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NewsCMCs not as bad as the public think, says Legal Ombudsman
Lower than expected number of complaints investigated by industry watchdog.
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NewsJudge gives ‘opportunistic’ litigants costs warning
Mr Justice Fraser said both parties ‘determined to fight bitterly over every possible inch of ground’.
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NewsClaimants want to avoid court but still shun mediation – MoJ poll
At least 78% of each different group of claimant expects their case to go in their favour, with just 1% forecasting defeat.