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Civil way: 27 October 2017

27 October 2017 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7767 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Bible rewrite; Secret buyers; Non-matrimonial assets latest

ORANGE PEEL

The law is getting more colourful. Books of constant green, white, brown and red respectively are devoted to practice and procedure. At a Glance changes its cover colour with each annual edition so that at the next editorial meeting to write the jokes for the 201920 publication they may decide to go naked which should be a laugh. The Judicial College has now got in on the colour act. The 14th edition of its Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases just published by Oxford University Press is adorned with an orange cover. If you deal with these cases then you are likely to attract a negligence claim absent acquisition of this latest edition or theft of a colleague’s copy.

The guideline figures have been adjusted to reflect the RPI increase of 4.8% in the two years up to 31 May 2017. Having previously flirted with the idea, the differentiation between awards for scarring by reference to gender—‘an outdated stereotype’—has

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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
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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