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Advocates' personal injury arbitration service to launch next month
Forty have completed special training for new procedure

Commission offers draft Defamation Bill for comments
Month of consultation opens ahead of final report

Appeal fails over criminal injuries "family" claim though ECHR point upheld
Inner House agrees that good reasons given for discrimination

Child abuse time bar bill passes final stage
All-party approval for measure removing three year limitation

Former fiscal sues for injury through stress at work
Time allowed to amend contested £1.3m claim

Discount rate needs more regular review, Faculty argues
"Real injustice" from recent "massive" change, says consultation response

No contest at stage 1 for Limitation (Childhood Abuse) Bill
Approval without vote after first parliamentary debate

Resource concerns over Childhood Abuse Bill highlighted by MSPs
Stage 1 report on limitation measure also flags up impact on survivors

Faculty finds flaws in Commission's Prescription Bill draft
Consultation response highlights potential anomalies and ambiguities

Woman photographed urinating on Trump estate loses data protection case
Sheriff holds only breach of law founded on did not cause distress

Consultation opens on how to set PI discount rate
Lord Chancellor's move follows controversy over new negative rate

Ministers' order confirms new damages discount rate in Scotland
Lord Chancellor's negative rate adopted north of the border

Company allowed to seek health and safety fine recovery from adviser
No necessary bar due to criminal conviction

Commission floats Prescription Bill draft for views
Working version posted for comment ahead of final report

Truss makes radical change to PI discount rate
Insurers protest at negative rate to apply from 20 March

Insurer's statement not waiver of right to time bar plea, court rules
Statement of intention at early stage did not bar change of mind

Combat immunity plan will "shut out justice": LSEW
Solicitors' body criticises MoD's proposed compensation scheme

Data Protection Act damages success against neighbours' "oppressive" CCTV
UK first claimed for case based on unlawful surveillance

Crown reveals figures for wrongful detention ex gratia payments
Twenty two cases identified over past three years; £12,667 paid out

Child abuse time bar change has resource implications, Faculty warns
Bill submission predicts increase in number of complex actions

Supreme Court rules on rendition and Afghan detention claims
Government appeals partly allowed but immunity plea not upheld

Sheriff refuses sanction for counsel instructed to match other side
No "unfair advantage" straightforward case of low value

Faculty to launch personal injuries arbitration scheme
Accredited counsel to be offered as alternative to court action

Injured golf club member's case against committee members dismissed
Averring personal responsibility did not avoid rule that members cannot sue