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Victims of crime could be under-compensated by tens of thousands of pounds if they do not challenge Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) decisions on payouts, according to analysis by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil)

Asela Wijeyaratne & Mamata Dutta report on Mathieu v Hinds & the limited scope for Blamire awards

Vijay Ganapathy & Catriona Ratcliffe discuss recent developments in vicarious liability, proving breach of duty in historical industrial disease cases, & limitation in fatal claims

The ever-evolving area of vicarious liability is tackled in this week’s NLJ personal injury update. Vijay Ganapathy, partner, and Catriona Ratcliffe, associate solicitor, at Leigh Day, look at the legal developments and implications of three recent cases

MPs have called on the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to investigate the ‘growing number’ of unresolved cases in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) Service portal, which now stands at 349,000

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said that it will not be recommending a policy position or deciding on whether a dual/multiple PIDR should be introduced at this time.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) issued judicial review proceedings last week against the Lord Chancellor over new rules to extend fixed recoverable costs.

Volunteers are akin to employees when it comes to vicarious liability, the Supreme Court held in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB

Vijay Ganapathy discusses recent developments in sports injury & noise-induced hearing loss claims, plus the rules on limitation for professional negligence cases

A state-of-the-art wheelchair buggy, designed to affix to wheelchairs and help parents safely transport their children, has won Bolt Burdon Kemp’s Design the Change competition.

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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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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Personal injury

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr