All articles by John Hyde – Page 63
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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.
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NewsStruck off solicitor made bankrupt by former firm
Further reports were made to regulator by second firm about conduct of solicitor.
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NewsBack to the future? Costs lawyers see Belsner solution in the past
Organisation puts forward alternative solution to expensive costs disputes ‘clogging up’ courts.
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NewsParalegal dismissed after nine days loses ADHD claim
New recruit was late for work on seven out of eight days and colleagues raised issues about behaviour.
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NewsEpic costs assessment ‘unprecedented’, says judge
Court heard arguments over 97 days - for 44-day trial - as virtually every item was contested.
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NewsNews focus: Metamorph - anatomy of a collapse
Metamorph Group said it was ‘revolutionising legal services’. So what went wrong?
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NewsFormer DWF chief grows ‘distributed’ new firm
London practice joins business and its office will serve as ‘collaboration hub’.
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NewsExperienced solicitor struck off for 12 acts of dishonesty
Manchester practitioner misled clients, moved funds without consent and created false time records.
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NewsPI firm lost almost £8m ahead of restructuring
Simpson Millar says it now has the right model and teams in place to succeed.
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NewsSolicitor struck off after immigration clients misled for years
Tribunal finds solicitor failed to make applications leaving clients living unlawfully in the UK.
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NewsNew Year honours: MBE for inclusion champion
LGBTQ+ networking group for real estate professionals has grown to more than 1,000 members.
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NewsSlater and Gordon fined £82,000 for multiple historical breaches
SRA finds that dozens of clients with claims were left in the dark by previous owners.
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NewsJobs saved as big legal aid provider collapses into administration
Cartwright King acquired after a year in which the firm had to write off £625,000 in revenue.
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NewsInce suspends share trading after account reporting delay
Shares plummet close to all-time low after latest missed deadline for publishing results.
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NewsContempt case against PI claimant given green light by court
Application succeeds despite judge admitting the delay in bringing it had been ‘significant’.
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News'Wholly mistaken': judge's adverse findings on non-party set aside
Appellant challenges findings of a judge in a conspiracy case where he was not a party.
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NewsSolicitors waived lien on litigation costs, Supreme Court rules
Candey examined whether solicitors should take priority over creditors in client’s insolvency.
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NewsMetamorph auditor quits citing ‘concerns’ over management behaviour
Relationship broke down over ‘approach to compliance with law and regulations’, accountancy firm states.