News – Page 7
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NewsPI lawyers claim to have secured record periodical payments
Claim will end up being worth more than £30m to cover flat purchase and nursing care.
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NewsSupreme Court backs claimants in hybrid injury test case
County court decision upheld that compensation for different injuries can be added together.
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NewsPolice ‘regularly’ signpost accident victims to law firms, ex-sergeant tells tribunal
Officer resigned last year after probe into his contact with victims over their legal options.
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NewsMoJ rebuffs claimant demands for whiplash portal change
Dispute resolution scheme and punitive costs for insurers among the proposals rejected.
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NewsCourt of Appeal delivers boost for claimant lawyers on costs principle
Judges rule that costs of rehabilitation case management meetings can in principle be recovered.
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NewsClaims firm which reported £1m loss bought out by rival
Deal agreed on Tuesday for Simpson Millar to take on the assets and trading name of Novum Law.
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NewsRoofer in PI fraud narrowly avoids prison
Insurer spied on claimant for more than 18 months and proved that his symptoms were false.
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NewsClaimant lawyers appeal to recover case manager meeting costs
Court of Appeal hears that blanket ban on meetings costs is inconsistent with legal practice.
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NewsInsurers lobby for extension of whiplash reforms
ABI says tariffs should be extended to bodily injuries other than whiplash soft-tissue injury.
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NewsPI lawyers gear up for Supreme Court mixed injuries hearing
Official data continues to show that majority of claims are hybrid.
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NewsPI firm went bust after creditors stopped writing off debts
Specialist firm went under after misplaced investments and failed debt talks, administrators reveal.
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NewsGovernment urged to cancel legal debts of SSB clients
Bradford MP also calls for investigation into the circumstances that led to the collapse of SSB Law.
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NewsDefence teams 'intimidate vulnerable clients', claimant lawyers say
SRA probe into Post Office settlement offers has piqued interest of serious injury lawyers.
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NewsMesh victims say adversarial claims system creates a 'lottery'
Patient safety commissioner recommends collaborative redress scheme with limited legal costs involved.
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NewsNews focus: A big character playing to Winn
The exponential growth of Newcastle’s Winn Group shows no signs of slowing down.
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NewsNational firm not liable over ‘general and preliminary’ helpline advice
Court of Appeal judges dismiss holidaymaker’s claim against Irwin Mitchell over legal helpline advice
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NewsPE-backed claims group announces another acquisition
Fletchers Group now employs 800 people after rapid growth since investment.
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NewsRTA claims fall to new low but insurance premiums in overdrive
Fewer injured people are bothering to claim while many firms have left the low-value RTA market.
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NewsLiverpool firm to lead doctors’ claim over long Covid
Bond Turner alleges that NHS organisations did not protect frontline workers.