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NLJ this week: On the road with Gold

14 October 2022
Issue: 7998 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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It’s rough justice for road traffic claimants under the protocol, writes former district judge Stephen Gold in this week’s 'Civil Way'.

‘I know because Jackson LJ told us so… and he knows because he effectively designed it and I witnessed it myself once or twice (but not when I was sitting, of course),’ he writes. Gold illustrates his point with a case of two taxi drivers.

Gold also covers ‘failure to remove’ claims against social services, referring to two recent cases. He reminds lawyers that ‘claimants must identify for what it is alleged the defendant has assumed responsibility, the facts relied on as establishing the assumption of responsibility and the dates the alleged duty arose and, if relevant, the periods during which it was owed’.

Finally, Gold takes a look at the rapidly developing evolving (due to U-turns and interest rate hikes) fields of capital gain tax and Court Funds Office’s rates.

See this week's 'Civil Way' here.

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
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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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