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Civil way: 9 December 2022

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

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
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