All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles – Page 26
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NewsLikely date revealed for discount rate decision
Justice minister reaffirms commitment to '100% principle' over personal injury damages.
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News'Alternative was insolvency': Slater and Gordon investors settle for £21.6m
Company makes ’in principle’ agreement to settle shareholders’ claims without admitting liability.
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NewsGovernment seeks to cut costs of immigration litigation work
Annual report hails efforts by Home Office, Government Legal Department and HMCTS.
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NewsSRA intervenes into Asons offshoot Coops Law
Regulator confirms it has shut down law firm, which was born out of the closure of Asons Solicitors
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NewsLawyers gloomy about keeping current PI award adjustment rate
Survey finds most law firm partners expect a revision back up to at least a 1% discount.
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NewsCredit-hire witnesses jailed for contempt
Seven expert witnesses who were found to have committed perjury on an 'industrial scale' by giving courts inaccurate information on the cost of hire cars provided after road traffic accidents received prison sentences today. The seven, former employees of expert evidence business Autofocus, were jailed from six to 13 months. ...
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NewsOgden rate change costs insurers £3.5bn as motor premiums soar
EY report suggests insurers stomaching losses caused by motor premiums.
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Seriously injured say legal system is failing them
Claimants say lengthy process for securing vital compensation means they cannot move on with their lives.
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NewsClaims management giant sets up own law firm
ABS created in joint venture between National Accident Helpline and NewLaw
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NewsCalls to take the politics out of discount rate decision
Groups urge lord chancellor to be relieved of power to set rate of deductions.
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NewsTory manifesto: May targets professional advisers
Conservatives promise closer regulation of tax and trusts advisers.
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NewsClaims company fined £400k after making 100m nuisance calls
Penalty is a record for a business operating in the claims farming sector
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NewsPersistent fraudster jailed for string of false claims
Police insurance fraud department says offender did not realise 'the industry works closely with the police'
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NewsTop-100 firm rebrands medical negligence offering
Enable Law, created by Foot Anstey, will deal with PI and medical negligence claims.
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NewsLitigation expert Stewarts Law sued over lapsed PI claim
Judge rules appeal cannot be upheld involving paralysed lorry driver with long-running claim.
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NewsPrisons and Courts Bill scrapped
Legislation will run out of time before parliament is dissolved.
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NewsElection question mark over courts bill
The 8 June poll means a race against time to force through legislation - including flagship legal reforms.
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NewsSolicitors and accomplices jailed for £426k insurance fraud scam
Group formed intricate network to deceive their employers and exploit the insurance industry.
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NewsNHS England prepares to ban PI firms from advertising in hospitals
Consultation to begin on restricting contracts that can be drawn up between lawyers and NHS trusts.