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We recently suggested that one of the consequences of the change in the personal injury discount rate would be the introduction of more regular reviews of the discount rate Article: When Less is More While … Read more

As has been widely reported in the media, the discount rate for personal injury awards is being reduced from 2.5% to -0.75%. The Scottish government has introduced the change under the Damages (Personal Injury) (Scotland) … Read more

The Local Government Association (LGA) in England and Wales has called on the UK Government to follow Scotland’s example and reduce the legal drink drive limit to cut the number of alcohol-related deaths and serious … Read more

In the week when the late David Bowie received his Brit awards for the British Album of the Year and British Male Solo Artist, Changes are afoot in personal injury claims. The Ministry of Justice … Read more

In Crawley v Barnsley MBC [2017] EWCA, the majority of the Court of Appeal upheld the decision that Barnsley Metropolitan Council’s system for inspecting potentially serious defects in minor roads was inadequate. The Council had … Read more

On 6 May 2010, Steven Paterson was driving his Mazda towards Inverness on the A835. Approximately 1.5 miles North of the Braemore Junction he rounded a blind bend colliding with a stationary refuse vehicle which … Read more

The recent English case of Ahmed v MacLean has made it clear that instructors have a duty to assess the skills and capabilities of those that they are teaching. Facts of the Case In March … Read more