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Law digests: 24 September 2021

24 September 2021
Issue: 7949 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Costs

Harford v Music Store Professional UK/DV247 Ltd [2021] Lexis Citation 151

It was well established that where the Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims (Employers Liability and Public Liability Claim (the EL/PL Protocol) should have been used, and its non-use was unreasonable, the provisions of CPR 44.4 requiring a judge to assess costs having regard to the conduct of the parties, provided ample scope for the judge assessing costs to allow only the fixed costs set out in the EL/PL Protocol. The SCCO so held in proceedings concerning a claim for damages brought by the claimant employee against the defendant employer following an accident at work. Accordingly, in accordance with the provisions of CPR 44.11, the court had the discretion to disallow all or part of the costs of the claim, and applied the fixed costs set out in CPR 45.18 Table 6A.


Family proceedings

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council v A mother and others [2021] Lexis Citation 153

The applicant local authority successfully applied to amend its threshold

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
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Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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