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18 October 2024
Issue: 8090 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Costs , Personal injury , Litigants in person
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NLJ this week: Anti-scam scheme, fees, payments on account

Lawyers have a chance ‘to save a few bob for the client’, courtesy of advance notice provided of an increase in land charges fees

NLJ columnist & former district judge Stephen Gold provides the tip in his ‘Civil way’ column this week.

Gold also covers recent case law on payments on account, provides a ‘cut out and keep’ box on the special account rate, and muses on a scheme introduced this month to help victims of authorised push payment scams. He writes: ‘The maximum level of reimbursement is £85,000 per scam (£415,000 was the original idea for a cap), which should still cover over 99% of claims.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

NEWS
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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