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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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Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg

Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire

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Cheshire West test overruled

Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court

High Court transformed in historic realignment

The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup

SRA toughens up checks on firms

Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week

Judges sanctioned for delays in delivery

Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders

Private equity investment into UK firms drops by half

Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker

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Personal injury

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg