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17 March 2021
Issue: 7925 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Personal injury
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Could the key to early retirement be taking a job as an Uber driver and using an iPhone and a Volkswagen? If the current trend of class action claims continues, then perhaps so, says Dominic Regan in his latest NLJ column
Also on Professor Regan’s agenda this week is the potential for a fresh wave of payment protection insurance claims following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Canada Square v Potter, and the potential for bumps in the road ahead as the whiplash reforms roll out.
Issue: 7925 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Personal injury
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