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16 July 2020
Issue: 7895 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Personal injury
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NLJ this week: COVID-19 & the impact on catastrophic personal injury claims

It’s time to break bad habits, and remote working provides the perfect excuse, writes Ken Young, Keoghs partner, in this week’s NLJ

He makes his argument in the context of catastrophic personal injury claims―affected along with other damages claims by the pandemic. With courts closing, evidence gathering stalling and rehabilitation curtailed, the likely outcome would be longer claims cycles and increases in damages and costs. 

Young asks, however: are we already seeing ‘signs of progress, new thinking and innovation to adapt’? He hails the faster adoption of technology and the profession’s ability to problem-solve. 

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@KeoghsLaw

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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

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Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
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