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26 February 2009
Issue: 7358 / Categories: Legislation , Damages , Personal injury
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Legislation round-up

Legislation news update

 

 

Amend SI 2007/115 to increase the amounts the NHS will charge in relation to treatment for a recipient of personal injury compensation. Also amend SI 2006/3388 to remedy an unintentional overlap in legislation pertaining to the 2003 and the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/306) which resulted in two sets of charges for the same treatment of some patients.

Issue: 7358 / Categories: Legislation , Damages , Personal injury
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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