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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.

Under-compensation on the horizon: Chris Deacon & Ronak Mahdavi Jovainy outline the proposals for reform to personal injury damages in Guernsey & their likely impact on claimants

A health board’s defence of fundamental dishonesty―a fast-developing defence used in clinical negligence cases―has been dismissed as ‘entirely unfounded’, in a claim concerning vaginal mesh surgery

Those working in creative fields with unpredictable earnings may face a greater challenge when claiming for life-altering injuries: Suzanne Trask sets out the key steps for painting an accurate picture

A part-year music teacher who works irregular hours but has a continuing contract is entitled to the same statutory paid leave as full-time employees, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment

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Trowers & Hamlins—Paul Batchelor

Trowers Hamlins strengthens Birmingham Office with senior corporate partner hire

Birketts—trainee appointments

Birketts welcomes largest ever Trainee Solicitor cohort for 2026

Sidley—James Sherlock

Sidley Expands Private Equity Practice With James Sherlock in London

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NLJ this week: Family ties count

A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals

NLJ this week: Thirlwall inquiry’s unfinished business

The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice

NLJ this week: Parliament’s curious exit

MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting

NLJ this week: Planning’s direct route

Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

NLJ this week: The cost of uncertainty

When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills

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Personal injury

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Trowers & Hamlins—Paul Batchelor

Birketts—trainee appointments

Sidley—James Sherlock