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Business ‘has lost patience’ with politicians whose ‘widespread ignorance’ about the impact Brexit could have has forced firms to prepare for ‘an abrupt, brutal and possibly chaotic’ departure, according to a report by insurance firm DAC Beachcroft.

Vijay Ganapathy provides an update on Brexit’s shadow on the future for uninsured & untraced drivers & revisits the painful repercussions of a Christmas party

Dr Nicholas Bevan explains how the Court of Appeal’s ruling in MIB v Lewis casts open the floodgates to compensation

The personal injury discount rate has been changed, delighting claimant lawyers but prompting insurance lawyers to express concern about the cost to public bodies

In the first instalment of a two-part feature, Dr Nicholas Bevan, reflects on the ruling in MIB v Lewis & its implications for the UK’s compulsory third-party motor insurance regime

Plans to extend fixed recoverable costs to civil cases valued between £25,000 and £100,000 will tilt the balance of power even further in favour of defendants, personal injury lawyers have warned

Chloe Mulroy shares a short guide to the dos & don’ts of legal indemnity insurance

For property solicitors, the intricacies of legal indemnity insurance ‘can often get lost in translation’, says legal indemnity executive and former underwriter Chloe Mulroy.

Glyn Thompson reflects on the Supreme Court’s assessment of what constitutes use & the possible impact of EU principles post Brexit

In the second part of this special series on R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd, Nicholas Bevan analyses the Supreme Court’s approach to motor policy construction

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Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

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Child focused courts to roll out nationwide

Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster

Bad behaviour must relate to proceedings, holds Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour

Burials and cremation law under review

Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space

Reducing women’s imprisonment

The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness

Financial Ombudsman to return to its roots

The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service

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Insurance / reinsurance

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Cripps—Radius Law