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NLJ this week: Personal injury lessons learned in 2022

09 December 2022
Issue: 8006 / Categories: Legal News , Personal injury , Procedure & practice , Costs , Damages
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The top personal injury cases of 2022 are outlined by Leigh Day partner Vijay Ganapathy, in this week’s NLJ

Ganapathy reveals the lessons learned and issues covered during the past year, including jurisdiction, QOCS and dissolved defendants. He also looks ahead to 2023.

One area next year ‘that fills many practitioners with dread is the likely withdrawal in December next year of all EU regulations and directives implemented here as domestic law,’ he writes. ‘While some may be assimilated back into UK legislation, the changes will be drastic.’

See the full article here.

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