Firm offloads clin neg and PI practice as 25 staff switch
Blake Morgan says it wants to concentrate on developing its healthcare work.
NHS facing Covid compensation ‘storm’ from cancer patients
Clinical negligence specialist warns that goodwill towards the NHS during the pandemic will not last.
Clin neg claims costs soar as motor claims decline continues
NHS Resolution reveals largest number of new claims since 2013 amid increased activity.
Judge denies firm £1.1m in costs over funding switch
Court of Appeal rules that reasons for changing from legal aid funding to a conditional fee agreement were unreasonable.
Crash test
Covid-19 has prompted unprecedented collaboration between personal injury claimant lawyers and the insurance sector. Could this new spirit of co-operation survive the pandemic?
Whiplash portal: views from the claimant and defendant
Development of new regime for low value RTA claims has been a marathon rather than a sprint, but we are now close to a new system.
Rowing back on vicarious liability
Two judgments from the Supreme Court have set restrictions on the scope of vicarious liability. In Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 the test was whether the tortfeasor was in fact the ‘employee’ of the employer.
Personal Injury Limitation Law
Andrew Roy, Nina Ross
Embarrassing? Maybe - but Slater and Gordon has to move on
Pursuing a case against Watchstone was a costly and risky attempt to right any wrongs of the past.
Clinical negligence: a no win, no fee success story
If the government is serious about saving NHS money it should look at how it pays its own lawyers.
