![David Lester (senior partner at Blythe Liggins), Darryl Barnes, Jagdeep Sandher (head of dispute resolution at Blythe Liggins)[4]](https://d1d8vslyhr7rdg.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/4/2/8/116428_davidlesterseniorpartneratblytheligginsdarrylbarnesjagdeepsandherheadofdisputeresolutionatblytheliggins4_981603_crop.jpg)
John Holtom
- Opinion
Propaganda as bad as the MoJ’s
It is hard to retain respect for institutional lobby groups such as APIL that refuse to acknowledge the unhealthy elements of the PI sector.
- News
Flouting the ban
If I remember rightly, referral fees are banned. I am troubled. I hear more than mere anecdotes of telephone calls to referrers from solicitors offering so much up to the end of April, then so much after that, per case. These are solicitors with no existing arrangements with potential referrers. ...
- News
Soundbite propaganda
It would be helpful if those who believe they are entitled to instruct others on policy paid attention to their own words. Dr Peter Swinyard - no doubt an esteemed professional - being one such individual (‘Top GP backs checks on whiplash claims’).
- News
So, farewell then
It is obvious to everyone in the road traffic accident claims business that in the last four to five years things have changed. The number of claims, whether false, exaggerated, or genuine but minor, has exploded.
- News
Commercial interest
If I arrived in the UK without any knowledge of Clementi, Jackson, the Legal Services Act, the MoJ portal for low-value RTA claims, the CMC boom and the ‘compensation culture’, I might be forgiven for believing that ‘there are few areas where Britain is stronger than in the law’.
- News
Coalition failing on law reform
I read with interest your Opinion highlighting the helter-skelter approach to law reform being pursued by the coalition,
- News
Government words are hard to stomach
I read with interest your excellent feature 'War of the words'. For some time, I have been criticising the manner in which government departments and regulators use language that is intended to mislead.
- News
Culture clash and compensation
Below is a brief note addressed to Lord Young in relation to a story in last Saturday’s Telegraph.
- News
Regime change
The coalition government is scrapping the Financial Services Authority as a result of the latter’s comprehensive failure to provide effective regulation.
- News
Capture conflict
‘It is in everyone's interests to have a low cost system,’ a director of the Association of British Insurers told the annual conference of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Gazette news, 29 April, 4). Like most people, I do want to believe what I am told by people who ...