The Leeds Masterclass is on the 19th November at Club LS1 on Albion Street, where Howard Elgot from Parklane Plowden Chambers and Jennifer Stone from Nestor Partnership will co-host this seminar. The Newcastle Masterclass is on the 24th November at Northern Counties Club on Hood Street, where Jeremy Freedman from Parklane Plowden Chambers and Jennifer Stone from Nestor Partnership will co-host this seminar.

Please find attached details of the COP Special Account Rate Reduction to 0.5%

Periodical Payment Master Class being held at the Thistle Grand Hotel in Bristol on Wednesday 8th July 2009.The class will commence at 5:30pm (5:00pm registration) and will last for about 2-hours. It is eligible for both SRA Bar Council CPD.

Periodical Payment Master Class being held at the Law Society (Six Clerks Room) on Wednesday 1st July 2009. The class will commence at 5:30pm (5:00pm registration) and will last for about 2-hours. It is eligible for both SRA Bar Council CPD.

We offer a no obligation Trustee Investment Review Service. This service ensures that your Trustee Investment strategies continue to be suitable and appropriate.

Please find attached details of the further reductions in Court Special and Basic account interest rates as announced on May 2009

It is a sign of the times that most people know of the £50,000 protection limit provided by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for funds on deposit. The Financial Services Authority has issued a consultation document proposing that protection is extended for certain categories of temporary high deposits, inclusive of personal injury awards. We shall be responding to the consultation in the terms outlined in the attached update.

Claimants seeking substantial interim payments in high value cases have long been frustrated, by arguments based upon the interim award encroaching into future losses and hence the discretion of the trial judge to make a periodical payments order. The Court of Appeal has considered the issues in Cobham Hire Services v Benjamin Eeles. The possible implications of the decision are included within our analysis as attached.

Update on the indexation issue in relation to periodical payments for future losses following Holland Js approval of the model periodical payment order in the lead indexation cases.

Impact of ASHE 6115