We have collected a wide range of documents with regards to the calculation of the discount rate and popped them in our 'knowledge bank'. These include the information received from our various Freedom of Information requests. To read them, simply register and search for 'discount rate'.
Richard and Ian set out PFP's policy on accepting new pre-settlement instructions
The 2018 release of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), conducted in April 2018, was published on 26th October 2018.
James considers whether risk and volatility are the same or different, with the help of the Beastie Boys
In a recent judgment (PBC v JMA & Ors [2018] EWCOP 19), Her Honour Judge Hilder, Senior Judge at the Court of Protection, approved an application made by the attorney of a 72 year old lady, to make a gift of £6m to himself, from his mother’s c.£19m estate, in order to mitigate the impact of IHT upon his mother’s eventual death.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made another climb down last month when it accepted the merits of the Judicial Review instigated by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) regarding thousands of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants’ historic entitlement to an income-related ESA award.
Ian Rowe considers where the last ten years have gone!
Ian Gunn considers the ramifications for PI claimants with a claim against a local authority.