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22 January 2024
Issue: 8056 / Categories: Legal News , Personal injury
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Have your say on the PI discount rate

The Ministry of Justice has issued a call for evidence on the personal injury discount rate (PIDR)

It is aimed at lawyers and other parties with an interest in high-value claims and how awarded damages are invested. Information sought covers: claim and claimant characteristics, claimant investment experience, investment expenses, changes since the 2018 call for evidence, the impact and practicalities of adopting a dual/multiple PIDR, and the way in which compensation payments are made.

Lord Christopher Bellamy KC said the PIDR ‘is an important mechanism in fulfilling the longstanding common law principle that when someone is wrongfully injured, they receive full damages that meet their current and future needs, including care costs and lost future earnings’.

Responses should be made by 9 April. Find out more on GOV.UK.
Issue: 8056 / Categories: Legal News , Personal injury
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: John McElroy, London Solicitors Litigation Association

NLJ Career Profile: John McElroy, London Solicitors Litigation Association

From first-generation student to trailblazing president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, John McElroy of Fieldfisher reflects on resilience, identity and the power of bringing your whole self to the law

Clarke Willmott—Elaine Field

Clarke Willmott—Elaine Field

Planning and environment team expands with partner hire in Manchester

Birketts—Barbara Hamilton-Bruce

Birketts—Barbara Hamilton-Bruce

Firm appoints chief operating officer to strengthen leadership team

NEWS
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Fraud claims are surging, with England and Wales increasingly the forum of choice for global disputes. Writing in NLJ this week, Jon Felce of Cooke, Young & Keidan reports claims have risen sharply, with fraud now a major share of litigation and costing billions worldwide
Litigators digesting Mazur are being urged to tighten oversight and compliance. In his latest 'Insider' column for NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School provides a cut out and keep guide to the ruling’s core test: whether an unauthorised individual is ‘in truth acting on behalf of the authorised individual’
Conflicting county court rulings have left landlords uncertain over whether they can force entry after tenants refuse access. In this week's NLJ, Edward Blakeney and Ashpen Rajah of Falcon Chambers outline a split: some judges permit it under CPR 70.2A, others insist only Parliament can authorise such powers
A wave of scandals has reignited debate over misconduct in public office, criticised as unclear and inconsistently applied. Writing in NLJ this week, Alice Lepeuple of WilmerHale says the offence’s ‘vagueness, overbreadth & inconsistent deployment’ have undermined confidence
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