PI giant announces Swiss private equity investment
Express Solicitors received the funding from Ufenau Capital Partners to ‘accelerate growth’ in its personal injury work.
Society concerned by tight deadline for fixed costs consultation
Civil Procedure Rule Committee invites feedback for interim implementation stocktake of fixed recoverable costs.
Government seeks evidence for whiplash review
Post-implementation review will consider the impact of increasing the small claims track limit to £5,000.
Public spending watchdog calls for clin neg costs curbs
National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
Time limit for child sexual abuse claims
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Clinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
Taking the moral high ground
Law firm Fletchers Group is seeking to enhance the image of the much-maligned claimant PI sector. The firm highlights the socio-economic impact of its work, saving the government millions while securing access to justice.
Whiplash reforms: motorists got pennies, insurers got millions
Promised £35 annual saving turned out to be just £15 — and even that’s debatable.
