An historic strike by barristers is scheduled to take place on January 6th 2014 in response to the
legal aid reforms planned by the Government. The changes are aimed at cutting the cost of running the UK's justice system (which ...
New plans due to come into force in 2014 will see The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) given new powers to tackle claims firms who undertake unethical procedures. These include using information gathered by ‘cold calls’ and texts, providing clients with ...
Last month the Ministry of Justice announced new measures to tackle the growing issue of whiplash fraud. Whiplash fraud is the most common form of
personal injury fraud in the UK as under current legislation fraudsters are able to invent ...
Most personal injuries are a result of
accidents at work,
on the road or
trips and slips and many are hard to avoid, but the majority of clinical negligence claims aren't due to accidents, rather they're a result of clinical ...
The issue of legal aid cuts has been in the headlines a lot over the last couple of months. We recently blogged about the government's U-turn on the legal aid competition plans, but other legal aid plans are still scheduled ...
The justice secretary, Chris Grayling has announced that the controversial legal aid competition plans have been scrapped after months of unease and protests from many law firms across the country.
The plans were originally designed to cut around £220 million from ...
With around 35 million cars on the road across the UK, it's no surprise that road traffic accidents are extremely common. This large number means that
personal injury claims for injuries resulting from a car accident are the most common ...
Back in April, we brought you news of swingeing changes to the way injured people can recover compensation for accidents. Now it’s been revealed that since the government’s plans (which were passed last year) became law in April, over 700 ...
The number of cyclists using the UK’s roads has been increasing steadily over the past few years. That number has now reached 13 million, which represents an increase of over 110% since 2000. This can be accredited to two substantial ...
We've all fallen in our lives, whether we tripped over an uneven pavement while walking down the street, slipped on some spilt milk in the supermarket or fell over a raised manhole while crossing the road. Most of us will ...