In the UK today, it’s well-documented that a shortage of places exist where people can find and appoint a mediator in personal injury and clinical negligence claims.Now, in an attempt to make mediators more accessible, the Association of Personal Injury ...
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The increase in the small claims limit for personal injury claims has caused controversy over the last few years, especially amongst solicitors who feel the changes will lead to many claimants without legal representation. Now, the Justice Committee has announced ...
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The UK Government published new figures in late April showing that the number of personal injury motor insurance claims has fallen to its lowest level since 2009. The performance data, published by the UK Government’s Compensation Recovery Unit shows that ...
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In 2012 the UK Government introduced changes under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 which removed legal aid for most cases in the family courts, except for domestic violence. However, victims of domestic violence still need ...
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The government’s attempt to continue modernising the courts system has seen the introduction of a new “quick and easy” service that will be able to handle claims worth up to £10,000.Before the new service went live earlier this month, claimants ...
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New legislation, due to be read in the House of Lords on 24 April 2018, will introduce tariffs on road traffic accident claims, and it will launch alongside a new £5,000 small claims limit in a cocktail of measures that ...
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Back in December 2017, a four-month feedback window opened to discuss the reform, set out by the Disclosure Working Group, of the levels of disclosure in civil trials. The reforms are aimed at tackling the volume of data that is ...
Following a wide-reaching consultation on how to base criminal advocates’ pay on the seriousness and complexity of their work, the Ministry of Justice has revealed that it has mostly stuck to its plans to reform the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme ...
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In a speech to the House of Lords earlier this month, health minister Lord James O’Shaughnessy revealed that a cross-government strategy tackling the spiralling costs of clinical negligence claims in the UK would be published in September, and could see ...
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The UK Government has long-criticised the personal injury sector for fuelling the apparent rise in the UK’s compensation culture, with the blame being placed solely at the feet of solicitors. However, a Supreme Court judge has now stepped into the ...
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