All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles – Page 59
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OpinionUK-based Magdalene women and compensation
The decision by the Irish government to compensate Magdalene women is welcome, but UK-based former laundry workers must not be disadvantaged.
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NewsPrivate equity investors buy majority share in PI firm
Winn Solicitors is planning for ‘significant expansion’ after two private equity investors bought 60% of its holding company.
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NewsCreature comforts
Bravely defying the customary advice about working with children and animals, Rebecca Lawrence, a personal injury solicitor with Australia-listed firm Slater & Gordon, takes part in a visit by a petting zoo to Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham. The firm sponsored the visit of rabbits, snakes and other wildlife to ...
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Admiral to emerge unscathed from fee ban
Insurance giant Admiral says it will offset the £15m lost through the referral fee ban through savings on the cost of claims.
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NewsSociety cleared over hard-hitting personal injury ads
‘Don’t Get Mugged’ campaign targeted third-party capture.
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NewsForty-six jobs lost as Challinors finally goes under
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has gone in to administration.
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NewsSlater & Gordon spree continues
Fast-expanding Australian firm Slater & Gordon has continued its acquisition spree with personal injury practice Fentons Solicitors.
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NewsTroubled Challinors sells off PI casework to SGI Legal
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has sold its personal injury caseload to PI specialist SGI Legal.
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NewsLawyer fined £5,000 in ombudsman case
A lawyer has been found in contempt of court and fined £5,000 plus costs in an action brought by the Office of the Legal Ombudsman.
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NewsSociety defends ad campaign following complaints to ASA
The Law Society has said it is confident its latest advertising campaign will be given the all-clear by regulators.
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Direct portal access due next month
Users of the expanded new claims portal will have to wait until the end of September for the more efficient method of registering a case.
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Negligent advice award for coal miner
Thousands of claims by sick miners for negligent compensation advice could hit the courts, a solicitor representing the first victim of negligent advice to have his case decided has warned. Robert Godfrey, partner and head of professional negligence at Oldham firm Mellor Hargreaves, represented former coal miner Ronald Barnaby, who ...
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Government ‘must listen to reason’ on whiplash – PI lawyers
Lawyers today welcomed a parliamentary report on whiplash that ‘finally recognised the realities’ of the claims system.
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Commons whiplash inquiry finds for claimants
MPs today warn the government that its plans to cut the cost of whiplash claims will impair access to justice and leave the door open for claims management companies.
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‘Brainwashing’ claim as portal claims limit rises
A union leader today accused the government of ‘brainwashing’ the public into believing in the compensation culture.
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Mesothelioma Bill
‘One has also to bear in mind that, typically, the worst symptoms of pain, suffering and loss of amenity occur in the last weeks and days of the disease’s progress and that the death… is a horrible one.’(Senior Master Whitaker: Smith v Bolton Copper Limited: Unreported 10 July 2007 QBD) ...
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Iggy Pop, your boys took one hell of a beating
That noise you can hear is probably claimant lawyers parodying that Norwegian commentary.
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ProfileBrazilian crash victim gets £7m damages
Jenny Kennedy won £7m in damages for a newly-wed Brazilian woman who, although wearing a crash helmet, suffered severe brain injuries when knocked off a motorbike in London by an uninsured driver.
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NewsNHS claims surge by 66% in just four years
The head of the NHS Litigation Authority has denied that rocketing claims figures indicate increased negligence in the NHS. Catherine Dixon, the authority’s chief executive, spoke after this month’s damning Keogh review into death rates at hospitals across England. The report is expected to prompt a new rash of claims ...