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Limitation does provide protection, say the Court of Appeal
Earlier this month the Court of Appeal concluded that a claim form may not be amended to add additional parties to proceedings after limitation has expired. In accordance with s.35(6)(a) Limitation…
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Living mesothelioma claim: damages assessed in life, and more to follow after death
The recent decision of Judge Walden-Smith in Andreou v S Booth Horrocks & Sons Limited highlights the difficult task facing the judiciary in assessing the damages in a living mesothelioma claim.
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Fixed costs - more from the Court of Appeal on their use in pre-action disclosure applications as well as a forthcoming change to the rules around operation of the regime
Pre-action disclosure applications are commonplace in EL and PL claims, but for some time parties have disputed whether fixed recoverable costs ("FRC") or hourly rate costs should be recoverable in…
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Discount rate: judgment day?
Yesterday morning the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss announced by way of a statement to the London Stock Exchange that she was “undertaking to review the discount rate for personal injury damages awards,…
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