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Civil way: 4 November 2011

03 November 2011
Issue: 7488 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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TRAFFIC JAM

Road traffic accident claims for repair charges by Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders have been clogging up county court lists with quantum arguments arising from the insurers’ model of having repairs carried out by a wholly owned subsidiary or one of the latter’s subcontractors. Cases have gone both ways. Now the Commercial Court is in on the arguments. Walker J in Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2011] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 6 (Oct) in a raft of cases issued upstairs by consent has joined them with 10 county court cases by transfer up and given preliminary directions with a view to the selection of some lead cases. The judge has blessed the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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