All articles by John Hyde – Page 70
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NewsSolicitor fined £15,000 for error in rent review advice to 115 clients
Mistake has led to litigation against firm and claims by clients against compensation fund.
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NewsNews focus: Justice on the fringes at the Conservative conference
Justice and the rule of law didn’t get much of look-in at this year’s fraught Conservative party conference. But a hardy few still endeavoured to change the conversation.
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NewsClaim worth £3,000 moved after costs rose towards £50,000
Judge moves claim out of High Court jurisdiction after ruling it was not complex.
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NewsGrand National and fireworks fraudster agrees strike-off
Non-practising solicitor had been convicted of making false representations about his ability to pay for goods.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears second fee claw-back challenge
Law firm says former client’s appeal is a ’pointless exercise’ that will incur huge costs.
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NewsSolicitor engaged in ‘pathological’ litigation handed civil restraint order
Court says Michael Wilson has ignored several warnings about the nature of litigation conduct.
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NewsHigh Court endorses Abu Dhabi forum for solicitor's divorce
Choice of 'Non-Muslim Family Court' would not lead to substantial injustice, judge rules.
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NewsSolicitors took ‘unfair advantage’ of client by deducting costs, court hears
Belsner appeal hears submissions that law firm did not set out in enough detail what it would receive.
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News‘House of brands’ consolidator merges with firm and subsumes its brand
Shakespeare Martineau will bring its own name and brand to Bristol location.
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NewsMen jailed for life for murder of Sheffield solicitor
Victim was 31 and had been a practising solicitor for just 18 months.
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NewsVardy to pay Rooney £800,000 now and cover 90% of her costs
Judge says indemnity costs should apply as Vardy was party to the destruction of evidence.
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NewsBelsner-type claims ‘ridiculous’ and driven by costs chasers, court hears
First day of long-awaited hearing into costs deductions from personal injury client.
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NewsPinsents faces negligence claim for fielding ‘too junior' staff
Attempts to keep solicitor-client contacts out of public domain ‘quite impossible’, says judge.
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NewsConvicted ‘swindler and cheat’ denied return to solicitor profession
Tribunal says it would undermine public confidence to allow former solicitor back on to roll after 14 years.
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NewsCo-op Legal profits double as business continues to grow
An extra 100 staff have been taken on to work for the group’s legal services division.
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NewsGrowing firm adds another office with Liverpool move
Primas Law says latest expansion is part of big ambitions for the coming year.
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NewsBelsner: Lawyers await ‘costs case of the decade’ ruling
Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd will be heard in the Court of Appeal this week.
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NewsNews focus: Consolidators are keen for firms to keep their identity
The ‘house of brands’ approach to mergers and acquisitions – purchasing a firm and then allowing it to keep its brand and identity under an umbrella group – is gaining in popularity.
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NewsDishonest solicitor ‘too embarrassed’ to tell bosses of her mistake
Experienced solicitor said she panicked when told she had missed court deadlines.
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NewsLondon firm goes into administration in its 150th year
Hodders Law’s debts more than doubled in the 12 months to July.