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Civil way: 13 December 2024

13 December 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8098 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Whiplashes stay painful; PI discount rate gets positive; bailiff dress code; all about Richard; Supreme Court success rates; the Insolvency Battle; domestic abuse newcomer; enforcing PP arrears.

WHIPLASH CASH

The Lord Chancellor’s review of the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/642) (see ‘Civil way’, 171 NLJ 7924, p15) has come up with just one intended

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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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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