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Civil way: 27 October 2017

27 October 2017 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7767 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Bible rewrite; Secret buyers; Non-matrimonial assets latest

ORANGE PEEL

The law is getting more colourful. Books of constant green, white, brown and red respectively are devoted to practice and procedure. At a Glance changes its cover colour with each annual edition so that at the next editorial meeting to write the jokes for the 201920 publication they may decide to go naked which should be a laugh. The Judicial College has now got in on the colour act. The 14th edition of its Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases just published by Oxford University Press is adorned with an orange cover. If you deal with these cases then you are likely to attract a negligence claim absent acquisition of this latest edition or theft of a colleague’s copy.

The guideline figures have been adjusted to reflect the RPI increase of 4.8% in the two years up to 31 May 2017. Having previously flirted with the idea, the differentiation between awards for scarring by reference to gender—‘an outdated stereotype’—has

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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
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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