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Personal injury lawyers have lodged a freedom of information request regarding the recent change to the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Georgina Squire examines time limitations imposed by the Court of Appeal on unfair prejudice petitions

Post-Zedra, courts are more likely to strike out petitions that plead unfairly prejudicial conduct outside of relevant limitation periods. Stephen Burns & Katie Bewick explain why

The case of Zedra overturned 40 years of ‘received wisdom’ that statutory limitation periods do not apply to unfair prejudice claims. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Stephen Burns, partner, and Katie Bewick, senior associate, at Charles Russell Speechlys, discuss the case and its implications

Deadlines, expiry dates and limitation periods surely lurk in the nightmares of most lawyers. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Andrew Francis, barrister at Serle Court, sets out three recent cases that demonstrate ‘the importance of taking steps to avoid claims being time-barred’.

A trio of recent cases has proven the value of knowing the law of limitations: Andrew Francis sets out some key lessons on avoiding the perils they demonstrated

Vijay Ganapathy discusses recent developments in sports injury & noise-induced hearing loss claims, plus the rules on limitation for professional negligence cases

Personal injury lawyers have called for the limitation period for claims from victims of child abuse to be abolished with immediate effect.

When does time start to run for deliberate concealment claims? Katy Ackroyd & Simon Heatley examine a Court of Appeal ruling which answers this question

Chris Bushell & Ceri Morgan examine the increasingly high bar for claims to extend the limitation period

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Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

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Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

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Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

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NLJ this week: The price of persistence

Indemnity costs remain exceptional, but parties cannot ignore a case that deteriorates around them. In Lawrence v Associated Newspapers, Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the claimants to pay indemnity costs after finding their conduct, viewed cumulatively, fell ‘well outside the norm’

NLJ this week: Public law in motion

Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ

NLJ this week: Battle for the brain

Neurotechnology is turning the human mind into an operational domain, exposing gaps in the laws of war

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Limitation

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton