All articles by John Hyde – Page 80
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NewsLegal aid report author Bellamy appointed justice minister
Practitioners have criticised the government for not implementing the reforms backed by Sir Christopher Bellamy QC.
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NewsNational firm pledges carbon ‘net zero’ by 2040
Irwin Mitchell says all 15 UK offices will be powered by renewable energy within three years.
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NewsLegal regulators pledge to stamp out 'non-inclusive' misconduct
Organisations pledge to make 'meaningful change' to lives and careers of minorities in legal profession.
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NewsSolicitor transferred dead client’s £1m home into his own name
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds that London lawyer misappropriated around £1.8m from estate of client who died in 2016.
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OpinionFirst year of RTA portal was great for insurers: what next?
Number of claims down, firms dropping out, claimants in limbo. For insurers, the portal worked like a charm.
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NewsVeteran solicitor fined for running family finances through firm
SRA says south London practitioner effectively used client money as an overdraft facility for her relatives.
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NewsBroken alarm system halts trials at Crown court
Two-week-old fault at Maidstone is set to be fixed, say courts officials.
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NewsLSB charts its own progress with new website
Articles and blogs will be submitted by lawyers and other stakeholders in the legal sector.
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NewsCivil cases waiting up to 15 months for first hearing, research reveals
County courts at Thanet, Chelmsford and Reading are taking more than 400 days to even progress to a first stage.
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NewsNews focus: PO lawyer named in subpostmaster’s testimony
Former postmaster who was called a ‘thief’ amid the Post Office IT scandal tells of pressure from solicitor to drop his defence.
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NewsNews focus: Civil 'justice' is a postcode lottery
Analysis of 8,500 claims reveals stark regional differences in court delays, as ministers come under renewed pressure to address blockages. But long waits are common everywhere
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NewsFast-growing firm expands in south west with acquisition
Shakespeare Martineau’s ‘house of brands’ takes on another business - but acquired practice won’t keep its identity.
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NewsMoJ admits thousands of unresolved claims clogging up RTA portal
Lawyers say system is not working for volume claims, as MoJ concedes implementation has been ‘a little bumpy’.
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NewsSRA should keep costs protection, Supreme Court rules
Regulator had intervened in case raising concerns that it might be unable to bring some prosecutions in future.
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NewsNew CMS leader in Ukraine ready to help rebuild nation
Vitaliy Radchenko escaped missiles in Kyiv and describes how the Ukraine legal sector has survived.
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News‘I f**cked up’: Solicitor suspended for accounting failures
Firm did not obtain an accountant’s report for years and missed VAT payments.
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NewsWelsh Human Rights Bill heralds 'inevitable' devolution of justice
Blueprint drawn up for a separate tribunal system, as Wales says UK government has failed on justice.
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NewsSRA to boost fining powers by over 1,000% to £25k
Regulator will make decisions in-house rather than send them to the tribunal and incur extra time and cost.
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NewsIn-house solicitor kept quiet about fees paid to family member
General counsel at Volkswagen engaged relative to do work and approved invoices.
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NewsListed law firm's shares slide on profit warning
Ince blames downturn on war in Ukraine and ongoing impact of the pandemic.