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18 October 2024
Issue: 8090 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Costs , Personal injury , Litigants in person
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NLJ this week: Anti-scam scheme, fees, payments on account

Lawyers have a chance ‘to save a few bob for the client’, courtesy of advance notice provided of an increase in land charges fees

NLJ columnist & former district judge Stephen Gold provides the tip in his ‘Civil way’ column this week.

Gold also covers recent case law on payments on account, provides a ‘cut out and keep’ box on the special account rate, and muses on a scheme introduced this month to help victims of authorised push payment scams. He writes: ‘The maximum level of reimbursement is £85,000 per scam (£415,000 was the original idea for a cap), which should still cover over 99% of claims.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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