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Brits injured abroad could get less damages Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00
Britons who hurt themselves while holidaying abroad could be entitled to less compensation following a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
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Government’s legal aid reforms put on hold for six months Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00
Controversial reforms – which will remove legal aid from clinical negligence – have been delayed for six months. In a written ministerial statement the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, said the government intends, subject to parliamentary approval of the Legal Aid, Punishment and Sentencing of Offenders Bill, to implement all the legal aid reforms in April 2013 instead of October 2012.
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Hairdressing Bill blown away Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00
A bid to impose strict regulation on the hairdressing industry has failed. A Bill from Morecambe MP David Morris was defeated 67-63 in the commons.
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APIL warns over “ominous formula” of legal reforms Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00
Unqualified marketing men could be left in charge of running complex personal injury (PI) cases thanks to the government’s plans for the future of PI claims, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has warned. APIL president, David Bott, said proposed reforms to the
way people can fund legal cases plus a ban on referral fees is an “ominous formula which could lead to marketing men at claims management
companies actually running PI cases”.
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The distortion of responsibility? Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00
Patrick Sadd analyses the courts’ approach to vicarious liability in cases which involve abuse

Viewed dispassionately, the rationale for vicarious liability is well established. As Rix LJ put it in Viasystems (Tyneside ) Ltd v Thermal Transfer Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 1151 (paras 55, 79):
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