News – Page 45
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NewsDWF and HCR announce investments
Harrison Clark Rickerbys and DWF make strategic announcements in the clinical negligence and major injury sectors.
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NewsBattle lines drawn over mesothelioma costs
Personal injury sector at loggerheads over liability for mesothelioma claims.
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NewsFirms join forces to cash in on merger appetite
Changes in the personal injury sector abound as firms seek to take advantage.
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NewsPI lawyers call for £100,000 bereavement damages
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers says it is unfair that damages are fixed at £12,980 in England and Wales.
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NewsRethink on compensation discounts
The government may backtrack on plans to increase the discount rate from compensation payments.
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NewsSRA survey exposes 1,200 firms in financial difficulty
Regulator set to increase supervision in bid to see off expensive interventions.
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NewsSlater & Gordon unveils £1m campaign
Australian firm sets sights on UK market after series of acquisitions.
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Scottish 'Jackson' review calls for referrals rethink
A review of civil litigation costs in Scotland has overturned a ban on referral fees.
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NewsScotland’s ‘Jackson’ proposes DBAs and QOCS
A review of civil litigation funding in Scotland has drawn many of the same conclusions as Jackson LJ.
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NewsSRA plans referral checks on PI sector
Supervision officers to visit personal injury firms of all sizes to assess compliance with fee ban.
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News‘Panic’ over CMC disclosure demand
Some personal injury firms are ‘in a state of panic’ over a government review of their dealings with claims management companies.
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NewsPrivate equity investors buy majority share in PI firm
Winn Solicitors is planning for ‘significant expansion’ after two private equity investors bought 60% of its holding company.
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NewsCreature comforts
Bravely defying the customary advice about working with children and animals, Rebecca Lawrence, a personal injury solicitor with Australia-listed firm Slater & Gordon, takes part in a visit by a petting zoo to Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham. The firm sponsored the visit of rabbits, snakes and other wildlife to ...
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Admiral to emerge unscathed from fee ban
Insurance giant Admiral says it will offset the £15m lost through the referral fee ban through savings on the cost of claims.
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NewsSociety cleared over hard-hitting personal injury ads
‘Don’t Get Mugged’ campaign targeted third-party capture.
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NewsForty-six jobs lost as Challinors finally goes under
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has gone in to administration.
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NewsSlater & Gordon spree continues
Fast-expanding Australian firm Slater & Gordon has continued its acquisition spree with personal injury practice Fentons Solicitors.
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NewsTroubled Challinors sells off PI casework to SGI Legal
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has sold its personal injury caseload to PI specialist SGI Legal.
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NewsLawyer fined £5,000 in ombudsman case
A lawyer has been found in contempt of court and fined £5,000 plus costs in an action brought by the Office of the Legal Ombudsman.