Opinion
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Opinion
Whiplash reforms: motorists got pennies, insurers got millions
Promised £35 annual saving turned out to be just £15 — and even that’s debatable.
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Costs shortfall has been a ticking time-bomb for years - Menzies may set it off
The Supreme Court has given the personal injury sector a wake-up call on costs deductions.
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Why we all need to collaborate on clinical negligence
It’s in all our interests to avoid expensive clinical negligence litigation and help the NHS.
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The next government must prioritise injured people and those with disabilities
16 million people in the UK are classed as disabled, yet there were just 48 mentions of people with disabilities across the four major parties' manifestos.
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Letters roundup
Women let down by maternity services, and prisons and short-term sentences: your letters to the editor.
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Letters roundup: 5 April 2024
Digital property information protocol, whiplash portal rebuff and remote working and productivity: your letters to the editor.
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No-fault NHS compensation system: Equality but not equity
Introducing a no-blame tariff based system for medical errors is misguided and would disadvantage as many as it helps.
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The risk of lowball offers in personal injury cases
There are times when setting a very low anchor in a joint settlement meeting is justified, but in most cases it is a poor opening gambit.
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Truth at a premium. Again
Association of British Insurers unveils a ‘10-point plan for reducing motor premiums’.
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Paul, Polmear and Purchase
Supreme Court's long-awaited landmark judgment on secondary victim claims in medical negligence has shocked the legal profession.
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Child sexual abuse inquiry: survivors have waited long enough
Government launched the inquiry in an attempt to put things right for some of the most wronged people in our society, yet the sound of dragging heels is deafening.
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Letters roundup: 29 September
Police and disclosure duties, exposing dangerous rhetoric and portal pains: your letters to the editor.
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Maternity failings are now sadly all too familiar
Medical negligence solicitors are seeing the same mistakes made again and again.
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NHS Resolution underlines the value of collaboration
Covid protocol should become a stable and permanent part of the way we do things.
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Discount rate review puts claimant damages at risk
The coming debate will be fierce between insurers and solicitors, but the economy skews the argument.
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Time for a rethink on extending fixed costs
MoJ's decision to press ‘pause’ on the extension of fixed costs is wise. Should it now press the 'delete' button?
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Belsner takes a bite out of 'cannibal' legal industry
Belsner v Cam Legal Services: What exactly did the Court of Appeal decide?
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PI firms on the edge cannot wait for mixed claim perfection
The market is being paralysed by an issue that is dividing the personal injury sector.