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Hundreds of women who won their class action against the supply of dangerously defective breast implants have lost a costs case at the Supreme Court.

Elizabeth Bardsley explains why tailoring response to identity can help data controllers avoid breach claims

What are the key differences between the approaches to setting the discount rate in Scotland & in England and Wales? Julian Chamberlayne explains

The Scottish government has set the personal injury discount rate, the rate used to determine lump sum compensation for pursuers who suffer a serious injury.

Business ‘has lost patience’ with politicians whose ‘widespread ignorance’ about the impact Brexit could have has forced firms to prepare for ‘an abrupt, brutal and possibly chaotic’ departure, according to a report by insurance firm DAC Beachcroft.

Vijay Ganapathy provides an update on Brexit’s shadow on the future for uninsured & untraced drivers & revisits the painful repercussions of a Christmas party

Dr Nicholas Bevan explains how the Court of Appeal’s ruling in MIB v Lewis casts open the floodgates to compensation

The personal injury discount rate has been changed, delighting claimant lawyers but prompting insurance lawyers to express concern about the cost to public bodies

In the first instalment of a two-part feature, Dr Nicholas Bevan, reflects on the ruling in MIB v Lewis & its implications for the UK’s compulsory third-party motor insurance regime

Plans to extend fixed recoverable costs to civil cases valued between £25,000 and £100,000 will tilt the balance of power even further in favour of defendants, personal injury lawyers have warned

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Costs without limits?

An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?

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Insurance / reinsurance

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions