All articles by John Hyde – Page 4
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NewsSolicitors failed to find out if claim form had been issued
Court delayed sending sealed claim form but judges say it had still been issued.
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NewsLonger Acas conciliation period won’t fix tribunal backlog, lawyers warn
From 1 December the window for mandatory conciliation of employment disputes doubles from six to 12 weeks.
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News'A degree of dual regulation' will follow AML reform, government admits
Firms in scope of money laundering regulation could have to register and pay fees to two bodies.
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NewsFirst solicitor suspended in fallout from Liverpool firm's collapse
Spiralling debts and winding-up petitions at High Street Solicitors were not disclosed to SRA investigator.
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OpinionCould we learn from Toronto’s £500m courthouse?
A Canadian provincial capital has built a £500m courthouse which England and Wales can only dream of.
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NewsCall for intelligence hub to 'prevent another SSB Law'
Legal Services Consumer Panel member says the SRA must change its 'culture of complacency'.
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NewsIBA 2025: Renowned law firms still email sensitive documents, says silk
Human rights barrister says she is targeted by hackers when cases involve China, Saudi Arabia or Iran.
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NewsPost Office victims' compensation battle 'worse than original injustice'
Victims’ commissioner Baroness Newlove has written to the government.
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News‘Gross exaggeration’: Court slashes firm's costs after 'inexplicable' error
Firm accepted costs were too high but explained this as an ‘inadvertent oversight’.
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NewsSRA planning 'more intrusion' into law firms in wake of SSB debacle
Firms may be questioned on the types of work they do, their reliance on certain practice areas and arrangements with litigation funders.
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NewsEminent silk urges SRA to lift threat of pre-Mazur prosecutions
Meanwhile, CILEX regulator decides that legal executives do not need to report themselves for conducting litigation.
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NewsTax lawyer Neidle facing £8m libel claim from barrister
Former Clifford Chance tax chief has applied for the action to be struck out as a SLAPP.
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NewsMPs urge government to provide Mazur clarity
Justice committee chair asks minister to look into whether Legal Services Act should be amended.
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NewsEx-solicitor fails in costly bid to return to profession
Tribunal says former sole practitioner has refused to acknowledge that original findings were correct.
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News'Disappointed' SRA points to City watchdog's AML knowledge gaps
'The Financial Conduct Authority will have to develop an expertise which it doesn’t have at the moment,' says SRA chair Anna Bradley.
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NewsBristol firm starts its own referral network to find clients a lawyer
Network members sign up to non-poaching pledge which protects referring firm’s client relationship.
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NewsGovernment strips SRA of anti-money laundering powers
Responsibility for AML and counter-terrorism financing supervision will pass to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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NewsStrike-off for misleading divorce client and firm
Solicitor of 18 years maintained pretence for three months that she was awaiting requested information.
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NewsSSB scandal exposes 'systemic shortcomings', says consumer watchdog
Regulatory framework 'does not prevent harm' and must be reformed, declares Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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NewsIn depth: SSB Law - how regulator failed to defuse timebomb
Carson McDowell’s excoriating verdict on the SRA’s handling of the SSB Law crisis describes multiple missed opportunities to protect vulnerable clients. Yet no one has been held formally accountable.