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Civil way: 16 August 2013

14 August 2013
Issue: 7573 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms...

CIVIL DISORDER RULES

The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms in order to avoid major disruption to the civil justice system. That was on 11 July 2013. The reforms duly came into force on 31 July 2013 under the disarming guise of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 6) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/1695). The rules raise the scheme’s limit from £10,000 to £25,000 and extend the scheme to catch claims for employer and public liability.

The fixed recoverable costs under the scheme in CPR Part 45 s III (see “Civil way”) are applied to employer and liability claims. For claims which exit, there is again a fixed costs regime resting in shame in new s IIIA but it will not apply to employer and public liability disease claims. The amount recoverable post-exit will be dependent on the nature of the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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