All articles by John Hyde – Page 82
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NewsSlater and Gordon ordered to answer secret commissions allegations
Comprehensive victory for checkmylegalfees will ensure claims from former PI clients can continue.
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NewsCosts bill struck out after it failed to give fee earner details
Judges agree that ‘opaque’ bill could not explain which solicitor carried out which bit of work.
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NewsSRA asks when solicitors' misconduct should be wiped from record
New consultation on how much information should be published and kept by solicitors’ regulator.
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NewsFixed costs extension earmarked for April 2023
Ministry of Justice now looking at possible uplift where a party or witness is vulnerable.
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NewsSRA intervenes after venerable Wales firm enters liquidation
Firm cites rising indemnity insurance costs as key factor behind closure.
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NewsEx-solicitor jailed for stealing £340,000 from client
Misconduct came to light when solicitor tried to pay debt with a cheque belonging to client.
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NewsLiP loses costs challenge over 'no longer instructed' barrister
Judge finds no evidence that direct-access barrister was not authorised to agree draft orders.
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NewsPC fee to rise - but overall practising bills will fall
Chief executive strives to make the SRA ‘as efficient and effective as possible’.
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NewsNews focus: What happened when a solicitor challenged a defamatory review
Disputes over defamatory reviews highlight difficulties of making comparison websites a key element in monitoring quality in the profession.
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NewsAcoustic shock claim back on after ‘fundamental error’
Appeal judge says reliance on ‘non-existent’ evidence undermined application for summary judgment.
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NewsSRA rebukes solicitors whose work involved family members
Separate cases involved a relative included in a will and a step-sister buying a property.
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NewsFirm to pay £17,000 to unfairly dismissed solicitor
Tribunal last month found a series of failings over employee with cancer diagnosis.
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NewsJudge declines recusal despite being owed £7,700 by claimant
International firm’s claim for £1m in unpaid fees is heard by judge still owed money for past work.
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NewsAppeal court shows mercy to LiP over ‘unless’ order
Judges say ‘relatively venial’ mistakes were not enough to kill off claim in breach of contract case.
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NewsEquity investors flex muscles in merger flurry
Firms and WIP being snapped up by firms enjoying new backing from investors.
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NewsGovernment ‘looking carefully’ at radical clin neg proposals
Patients’ charity says well-established compensation system cannot be thrown out overnight.
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NewsSRA chief admits ethnicity pay gap figure is ‘not acceptable’
In first report, regulator says disparity is due to white staff accounting for 88% of best-paid staff.
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NewsSlater and Gordon declines to explain 'secret' ATE payments
Judge says there is 'huge worry' about unexplained commission which firm 'refuses to explain'.
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NewsRemote firm reports 56% profit jump and bonus dividend
Keystone admits that applications to join tailed off in 2021 as lawyers reassessed their options.
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News‘No more blame culture’: MPs call to scrap clin neg system
Radical reform proposals include removing link between compensation and cost of private care.