According to the Law Society, measures put in place by the government to improve civil justice have simply caused problems by creating an imbalance between claimants and defendants, with few benefits being offered to offset any unfairness.The Law Society gave ...
A government report has recently concluded that a fixed recoverable costs regime which has been extended to gastric illness claims that are made overseas will not be applied to all personal injury claims relating to package holidays. Abta reported a 500% ...
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The proposed personal injury reforms due to be introduced by the UK Government have been met with fierce criticism, especially from lawyers and organisations such as the Justice Committee, and it appears that it’s not just those in the legal ...
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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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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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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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Back in April 2013, the UK Government changed the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act and banned the paying or receiving of referral fees in personal injury claim cases. The move was designed to weed out solicitors and ...
