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NLJ this week: On the road with Gold

14 October 2022
Issue: 7998 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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It’s rough justice for road traffic claimants under the protocol, writes former district judge Stephen Gold in this week’s 'Civil Way'.

‘I know because Jackson LJ told us so… and he knows because he effectively designed it and I witnessed it myself once or twice (but not when I was sitting, of course),’ he writes. Gold illustrates his point with a case of two taxi drivers.

Gold also covers ‘failure to remove’ claims against social services, referring to two recent cases. He reminds lawyers that ‘claimants must identify for what it is alleged the defendant has assumed responsibility, the facts relied on as establishing the assumption of responsibility and the dates the alleged duty arose and, if relevant, the periods during which it was owed’.

Finally, Gold takes a look at the rapidly developing evolving (due to U-turns and interest rate hikes) fields of capital gain tax and Court Funds Office’s rates.

See this week's 'Civil Way' here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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