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Can the IICSA final report make a difference? Richard Scorer & Kim Harrison report

Further civil costs reforms may be required, following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387.

Solicitors are breathing a sigh of relief following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387

Failure to report should be made a criminal offence and the time bar removed for victims bringing civil claims, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), led by Professor Alexis Jay, has recommended in its concluding report.

RTA protocol transfers get easier; Social services which don’t care; Delay matrimonial transfers?; Basic and special account rises

In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan laments the terrible delays faced by a claimant, who had food poisoning on holiday in 2014, whose claim was not given a fair trial and who has only just been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court—eight years after falling ill.

With one claimant left waiting nearly a year for permission to appeal, Dominic Regan offers some advice to the judiciary for cutting down on delays: try shorter judgments?

MLex has published a new special report entitled ‘Find your way to the future’, reviewing the regulatory trends in the rollout of electric and self-driving vehicles around the world, as well as debates and legal issues over related intellectual property and data privacy of connected cars.

Dr Wendy Laws provides an invaluable guide to interpreting negligence cases

Eyewitness accounts take precedence where expert testimony is unable to ‘unlock’ a case, the Court of Appeal has held.

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20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins

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Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

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Pro Bono Week marks silver jubilee

The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK

NLJ this week: Pro bono’s silver lining

Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice

NLJ this week: Wrong expert, costly exit

Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case

NLJ this week: Time for judges to break their silence?

Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues

NLJ this week: Discounted damages, different costs

A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims

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Personal injury

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Anthony Collins—20 promotions

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa