All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles – Page 55
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OpinionMistakes inevitable when you’re paid peanuts
Negligence only going to increase if firms run factory-style production lines.
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NewsPersonal injury firm in breach of duty
Judge criticises automated system that failed to fully assess extent of compensation claim.
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NewsBumper to bumper
Manchester Law Society PI conference sees bun fight between insurers and claimant lawyers.
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NewsGuideline hourly rates survey ‘important for all firms’
Decision on costs to be made next year by master of the rolls Lord Dyson.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell snaps up PI specialist MPH Solicitors
National firm continues rapid growth and promises further acquisitions.
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News‘Knife in back’ claim over RTA data sharing
Insurers fear 'phishing' by claimant firms, Manchester Law Society conference hears.
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ProfilePI claim struck out as abuse of process
Jennifer Harris acted for Homes for Haringey in the first successful strike-out of a grossly exaggerated claim as an abuse of process.
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NewsWoman who exaggerated personal injury claim jailed
Solicitor says sentence sends ’stark warning’ to anyone tempted to exaggerate PI claim.
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NewsWatchdog attacks 'scandalous' cost of maternity claims
Cost to NHS for litigation cover against maternity claims totalled £482m in 2012/13.
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OpinionThe spirit of the referral fee ban? It doesn’t exist
SRA is doing what it can with the legislation, but is impotent to stop these arrangements.
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NewsSRA director: we cannot enforce spirit of referral fee ban
Executive director says those wanting a new approach should look to Westminster.
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NewsOmbudsman gloomy about powers extension
No immediate prospect of taking on complaints about claims management companies.
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NewsAA makes move into legal market with ABS licence
Breakdown specialist will offer its members legal services after they have been involved in an accident.
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FeatureReasonable foreseeability
The opportunity for a claimant injured at work to rely on a statutory breach was reduced on 1 October by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) 2013.
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NewsPI firms join forces to buy out sector refugees
A Manchester consortium of PI firms has been formed to capitalise on market consolidation.
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OpinionCredit where it is due
Chris Grayling’s decision not to raise the small claims court limit is heartening.
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NewsThird-party capture in Grayling's sights
Justice secretary will turn his attention to tackling third-party capture after last week rejecting an increase to the £1,000 small claims track limit.
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RTA group retains opposition to inducements for claims
Government now set for talks with regulator about the future of up-front payments.
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NewsHudson: claimants must copy insurers' lobby machine
Law Society chief begins campaign to collect evidence to take to government.
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NewsLaw Society lands key A&O figure to head City team
Stephen Denyer to join the Society with a brief to improve engagement with larger firms.