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29 March 2024
Issue: 8065 / Categories: Legal News , Litigation funding , Procedure & practice , In Court
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NLJ this week: The Lords deliver the goods; plus the ‘ultimate’ late settlement

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Professor Dominic Regan aka The insider cheers the arrival in the House of Lords of a Bill to reverse the effects of PACCAR, in this week’s NLJ

He notes the dire warnings and grim predictions on access to funding following the Supreme Court’s decision last year—hopefully now to be resolved.

Regan writes: The true stroke of genius is clause 1(4), which provides that the amendments are to be treated as always having had effect. Isn’t retrospective legislation wonderful!’

Regan, of City Law School, also relays the latest on fixed recoverable costs and reveals his discovery of ‘the ultimate late settlement of a claim in English legal history’.

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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