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18 June 2009 / Stephen Gold
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Civil way: 19 June 2009

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CFO rates hit rock bottom; Ecstasy for tolerated trespassers; Master loses Rolls; Reduced assets

 

 

 

Civil way

CFO rates hit rock bottom; Ecstasy for tolerated trespassers; Master loses Rolls; Reduced assets

Not so special

Court Funds Office’s special account (mainly for investment of funds for children and others who lack capacity) and basic account (mainly for funds held on deposit during proceedings) saw their rates halved to 3% and 2% respectively on 1 February 2009. The reduced rates were halved again on 1 June 2009. For the innumerate, this means the special rate is down to 1.5% and the basic rate to 1%. Litigation friends may have a go at seeking to persuade the court to allow them to invest themselves. The special account change is of more than academic importance to personal injury pleaders as the rate is utilised in calculating interest on special losses in personal injury claims.

TA TA to the TT

The tolerated trespasser (TT) (a status described as “conceptually peculiar, even oxymoronic” by

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