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Claimants & QOCS: caught in a trap? Premium Content
Have the changes to the qualified one-way costs shifting regime tipped the scales too far in favour of defendants? Samuel Hayman & Tom Jenkinson examine the perilous new situation for claimants
21 April 2023 / Samuel Hayman / Tom Jenkinson
NLJ this week: Single, dual, multiple? Deciding which discount rate to pick
The personal injury discount rate, which is used by judges when calculating damages, is up for its five-year review next year, writes Julian Chamberlayne, in this week’s NLJ. 
24 March 2023
Personal injury discount rate: twice as nice or double trouble?
Julian Chamberlayne weighs up the benefits & challenges of a single, dual or multiple personal injury discount rate
24 March 2023 / Julian Chamberlayne
Whiplash settlements at slow pace
Personal injury lawyers have highlighted problems with the Official Injury Claims (OIC) portal, including a rise in the average settlement time.
22 March 2023
NLJ this week: Singing the praises of DBAs
Damages-based agreements (DBAs) are the seldom-used option when it comes to ‘no win no fee’ cases, but is their lack of popularity justified? In this week’s NLJ, solicitor and DBA-proponent Richard Spector, partner at Spector Constant and Williams shares his personal experience of running DBA cases.
17 March 2023
Personal injury update: 17 March 2023 Premium Content
Vijay Ganapathy reflects on the pros and cons of QOCS reform, and highlights developments in the courts on whiplash claims and unsafe exposure
17 March 2023 / Vijay Ganapathy
Watching the QOCS Premium Content
Has the delicate balance put in place by Lord Justice Jackson toppled over? David Bailey-Vella reports on the new landscape for qualified one-way costs shifting
24 February 2023 / David Bailey-Vella
Whiplash claims revisited
MPs have begun an inquiry into whether whiplash claims are being processed effectively following a series of reforms.
15 February 2023
Mixed response to whiplash test case
Personal injury lawyers have welcomed aspects of a landmark Court of Appeal decision on mixed injury cases, although some warned it could create ‘more uncertainty’.
25 January 2023
LNB NEWS: MoJ launches open consultation on personal injury discount rate
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that they are seeking evidence for a paper exploring how a dual or multiple personal injury discount rate system might work and what the possible effects on claimants and defendants might be. 
18 January 2023
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Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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