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24 July 2013
Issue: 7570 / Categories: Legal News
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New claims portal

Portal regime to be shaken up from 31 July

Claimant injury lawyers will need to get to grips with a new fixed costs regime for employers’ and public liability cases and road traffic accident claims worth up to £25,000, as of the end of this month. The new regime will apply where claim notifications forms are sent on or after 31 July, and claims will go through a portal. Professor Dominic Regan delivers a low down for NLJ readers on the new regime.

Issue: 7570 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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