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Civil way: 11 November 2022

11 November 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8002 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Arise CFO; QOCS in a mix; covenant breach test; Phoenix director hit; landlord’s charge struck down.

STILL OF INTEREST

Have mercy on us. They’ve upped the Court Funds Office interest rates again (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ, 14 October 2022, p16). As from 25 October 2022, the special account rate is increased from 1.75% to 2.25% and the basic account rate from 1.313% to 1.688%. No doubt, more to come. May the calculator be with you.


NOT THE BELSNER & KARATYSZ NEWS

Calm down you costaholics. There is no earthly reason why Belsner andKaratysz should hog the limelight. We have got a qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) case of the decade. Alright, the year. The Court of Appeal has just decided in Achille v Lawn Tennis Association Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1407 on the meaning of ‘proceedings’ in CPR 44.51. There, the claimant had brought a mixed claim, but the personal injury element was struck out as lacking reasonable grounds, with an order for

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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