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NLJ this week: Dominic Regan is the insider...

28 January 2022
Issue: 7964 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Deductions in damages & the reasons why

Writing in NLJ this week, Prof Dominic Regan delves into the issue of deductions of damages in a recent case.

Who foots the bill and what rights do clients have to challenge it? Regan also writes about lawyers who specialise in military claims, recalling an anecdote about a ‘hapless insurer’ who instructed an agent to trail a soldier to check whether he might be exaggerating his symptoms.
Issue: 7964 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
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

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

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