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Completing the jigsaw: the likely effect of the 10 percent increase in general damages

Claimant lawyers heaved a moderate sigh of relief when the Court of Appeal promised to implement Jackson LJ's proposal to increase general damages by 10 per cent, a part of the costs reform jigsaw that parliament had not taken forward. Defendant lawyers aren't so convinced that the move would achieve the intended rebalancing. We asked claimant ?lawyer David Marshall and defendant lawyer Rachel Moore for their initial impressions

MoJ suggests abandoning gilts as means of setting discount rate

Review will look at methodology as well as rate after advice from Treasury

CJC backs 25 per cent cap for contingency fees in personal injury cases

Napier wants disbursements and ATE premiums to be excluded

Update | Judicial review

Gareth Mitchell looks at the likely impact of implementing the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011 on the funding of judicial review claims

Lord Chief Justice announces ten per cent increase in general damages from 1 April 2013

Increase will apply to personal injury cases, nuisance, defamation and 'all other torts which cause suffering, inconvenience or distress to individuals'

Recognising chronic pain

Chronic pain conditions too often remain undiagnosed and wrongly pushed through the portal scheme, says Fiona Ashworth

Workshop: Public law

Parties to judicial review proceedings should make clear their intention to settle at the 'earliest opportunity if they want to avoid adverse costs orders, says Sarah Sackman

QOCS not available to claimants who fail to beat part 36 offers

Losing defendants face having to pay ten per cent of damages plus costs