Tag: Isabel Hudson

As reported on Inforrm the Court of Appeal recently announced that from 1 April 2013 general damages in certain categories of cases – including for libel and privacy – will be increased by 10%.   This was originally recommended by Lord Justice Jackson as part of his ‘package’ of proposed measures in his 2010 report on reducing litigation costs, many of which measures are adopted in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (“LASPO”). Continue reading