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Civil way: 16 August 2013

14 August 2013
Issue: 7573 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms...

CIVIL DISORDER RULES

The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms in order to avoid major disruption to the civil justice system. That was on 11 July 2013. The reforms duly came into force on 31 July 2013 under the disarming guise of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 6) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/1695). The rules raise the scheme’s limit from £10,000 to £25,000 and extend the scheme to catch claims for employer and public liability.

The fixed recoverable costs under the scheme in CPR Part 45 s III (see “Civil way”) are applied to employer and liability claims. For claims which exit, there is again a fixed costs regime resting in shame in new s IIIA but it will not apply to employer and public liability disease claims. The amount recoverable post-exit will be dependent on the nature of the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

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In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
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James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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