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Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 Book Your Place at the Aberdeen Conference - 23rd March 2017

Our annual Aberdeen Conference is taking place on Thursday 23rd March at the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. For full details of speakers and...

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Monday, February 27th, 2017 Change of the Personal Injury Discount Rate

The Lord Chancellor’s Department has announced that with effect from 20th March, the discount rate will reduce to -0.75%. This will have a...

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Monday, February 13th, 2017 Andrew Smith QC to join Ogden Working Party

Andrew Smith QC has been invited by the Chairman of the Ogden Working Party to join the working party. Although funding has yet to be arranged...

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Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 Discount Rate Review - ABI v Lord Chancellor - Decision

The decision of Mr. Justice Baker in the challenge to the change to the discount rate can be found below.  The comments of Steve...

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Friday, January 27th, 2017 Discount Rate Review Update

On 26th January 2017, Lord Justice Sales refused permission for the ABI to appeal the decision previously taken to deny them the right to seek to...

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 AG v Scottish Ministers [2017] CSOH 10

Jillian Martin-Brown was recently successful on behalf of the Scottish Ministers in a petition for judicial review brought by a prisoner who...

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Monday, January 23rd, 2017 Claire Mitchell Elected President of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association

Compass Chambers are delighted that Claire Mitchell has been elected as President of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA). At...

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Friday, January 20th, 2017 ABI Refused Permission to Judicially Review Intention to Change Discount Rate

An application by the Association of British Insurers for permission to Judicially Review the intention to change the discount rate was refused...

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Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 Kay Springham QC Appointed to SLCC Board

We are delighted to say that one of our members, Kay Springham, QC, has been appointed to the Board of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as...

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 3 Compass Members Appointed as Summary Sheriffs

Three members of Compass Chambers are among the twenty one summary sheriffs appointed today as part of the largest ever judicial recruitment....

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