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09 December 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8006 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , CPR
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Civil way: 9 December 2022

Interest cut; family money online grab; leave penal notice to court; debt relief reversed.

INTEREST WEARY

It has been recently said of the Lord Chancellor that he is not mean. It is simply that he has short arms and a deep pocket. Be that as it may, he has predictably directed the fifth change of the year in the Court Funds Office special and basic account rates. As from 18 November 2022, the special account rate—impacting on special damages interest awards—is up to 3% and the basic account rate to 2.25%.

Intensely jealous of this organ’s recent dalliance with Guru Regan cut-outs, I am jumping on the bandwagon. Here’s my own cut-out table of the 2022 special account movements. Do take care not to remove something important like a nose or Supreme Court citation on the other side.


LEGAL LITE BITES

Protective tonic The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/1192) come into force on 1 January 2023, at which point you may be consuming anchovies on

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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