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Theo Huckle QC, Nick Brown and Frederick Powell
There will be many ‘forgotten victims’ of the COVID-19 pandemic in need of compensation, Doughty Street Chambers’ barristers have said
Brighton solicitor Sam Elsby, a specialist in head injury cases, accidents abroad and workplace accidents, has taken over the reins as president of the Association of Personal injury Lawyers (Apil)
A rugby spectator who exaggerated his injuries has had 15% knocked off his recoverable costs
Reforms to whiplash claims are to be delayed for a third time, to April 2021, due to COVID-19, the Lord Chancellor has confirmed
Claimant and defendant personal injury lawyers have collaborated to produce a set standard of practice for cases during the COVID-19 crisis
Richard Scorer & Kim Harrison provide an update on the work of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse & consider its future role
Judges have told of their fears road traffic accident (RTA) claims will cause a ‘logjam’ and district judges will be ‘overwhelmed’ when personal injury reforms are introduced later in the year, writes NLJ columnist Dominic Regan
Judges and personal injury lawyers have criticised the lack of provision for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the whiplash reforms, now delayed until 1 August
Dominic Regan hopes the proposed changes to injury litigation will be abandoned, not just postponed, before more damage is done
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Ashurst's Chief Risk Officer joins Walkers

Excello Law—John Osborne

Excello Law—John Osborne

Northern family lawyer John Osborne joins Excello

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

Trio of promotions announced at Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors

NEWS
A sole director can conspire with their own company for the purposes of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy, the High Court has ruled in a judgment with potentially wide implications for business disputes
The Court of Appeal has reinforced that domicile depends on intention rather than residence alone, in a significant post-Brexit ruling on cross-border financial remedy claims
The Chancery Division's long history comes to an end this autumn as it is reborn as the Business and Property Division, prompting questions over whether the shake-up is really necessary
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to show that failing to disclose regulatory issues can attract harsher consequences than the original misconduct itself
Rejecting a generous settlement can prove an expensive mistake, as two recent high-profile cases demonstrate
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