All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles – Page 50
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NewsMoJ shuns ‘difficult issue’ of whiplash settlement ban
Government opts to ‘discourage’ insurers from settling whiplash claims without medical evidence.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell joins insurer in new ABS
Firm will provide legal representation for esure customers injured in accidents.
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News‘Think again’ on mesothelioma, say MPs
Committee report also criticises openness and transparency of government’s negotiation with insurance industry.
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NewsPoll finds only 25% of PI victims claim
YouGov research also finds unsolicited phone calls are now the most common way for PI companies to make contact.
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NewsLawyers take mesothelioma fight to High Court
A victims’ support group is challenging the government’s decision that sufferers use part of their compensation for insurance and costs.
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FeatureFraud in PI law claims
The Law Commission’s retreat on fraud in personal injury is welcome, but raises troubling questions.
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NewsFlorida jury awards huge damages over cigarettes
Cynthia Robinson was awarded $23.6bn (£13.86bn) in damages against a cigarette maker for the death of her husband.
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NewsLegislation passed to ban PI inducements
The House of Lords has passed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill against PI inducements.
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NewsLords agree ‘fundamental dishonesty’ clause
Courts will make an exception only if the claimant would suffer ‘substantial injustice’.
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NewsReforms had ‘little impact’ on access to justice – LSB
The Legal Services Board publishes the findings of an investigation into the PI market during the period from 1999 to 2013.
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OpinionThe heroism bill is Grayling’s finest hour
A bill which creates a problem and offers no solution. What a waste of time.
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NewsLawyers alarmed by ‘fundamental dishonesty’ clause
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will allow judges to dismiss claims if they have involved fraud or exaggeration.
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NewsPI firm expands into industrial disease
OH Parsons buys Neil Hudgell Solicitors’ niche industrial disease department for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsClinical negligence cost inflation ‘astonishing’ - MDU
The Medical Defence Union this week said the total bill for hospital claims could cost each taxpayer at least £1,000 a year.
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NewsS&G’s £500k project pledge
Money will fund projects to improve care for people diagnosed with work-related disease or who have suffered a catastrophic brain or spinal injury.
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News‘Unprecedented’ clinical negligence claims as PI firms migrate
NHS Litigation Authority says new claims have shot up with some firms charging ‘excessive’ costs.
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FeaturePI diversification poses risks
The trend of non-specialist firms moving into clinical negligence work in a bid to shore up revenues following LASPO could have damaging consequences for the profession.
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NewsConcerns over medical negligence surge
Medical negligence claims are not covered by fixed costs rules imposed on most personal injury work in 2013.
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NewsMPs urge compulsory sharing of whiplash fraud data
Fourth report of transport committee says some solicitors 'playing the system'.