Personal injury – Page 18
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NewsFirm offloads clin neg and PI practice as 25 staff switch
Blake Morgan says it wants to concentrate on developing its healthcare work.
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NewsNHS facing Covid compensation ‘storm’ from cancer patients
Clinical negligence specialist warns that goodwill towards the NHS during the pandemic will not last.
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NewsClin neg claims costs soar as motor claims decline continues
NHS Resolution reveals largest number of new claims since 2013 amid increased activity.
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NewsJudge denies firm £1.1m in costs over funding switch
Court of Appeal rules that reasons for changing from legal aid funding to a conditional fee agreement were unreasonable.
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NewsDirect Line takes £16.9m discount rate hit
Insurance giant also reveals that motor claims frequency fell in 2019.
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NewsPI lawyers alive to Supreme Court case on overnight care costs
Case likely to have implications for lawyers negotiating catastrophic injury settlements.
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NewsQueen’s speech: fund for Thomas Cook claimants
Capped compensation scheme to support customers facing ’the most serious hardship’.
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NewsSolicitor ready to defy SRA over ‘illegal gimmick’ badge
Clickable logo could put practitioners in breach of data protection law, specialist practitioner claims.
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NewsAcas talks as S+G shuts Leeds office
Some 29 fee-earners were made redundant last week as national firm Slater and Gordon closed its Leeds office - but that might not be the end of the matter. The crime and personal injury lawyers were let go as the firm continued to develop its technology and rely more on ...
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NewsWhiplash lawyer demise ‘good news’ says listed credit hire firm
Integrated claims services provider Anexo announces 60% jump in half-year profits.
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NewsPI solicitor cleared of misconduct over handling of claim
Defendant solicitors had reported Sohail Ghani to the SRA, but the tribunal found allegations unproven.
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NewsModel for online court moves in to RTA claims
British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal aims to take over 80% of motor vehicle cases in the jurisdiction.
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NewsFirms warned of PI refunds after Herbert case
Solicitor James Green says a new industry may be emerging.
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Longer NHS waiting times threaten spike in clin neg claims, warns spending watchdog
Lengthening NHS waiting times could lead to a rise in clinical negligence claims, the public spending watchdog warns today. But the NHS’s understanding of the looming problem is ‘limited’, according to the National Audit Office. In a report, NHS waiting times for elective and cancer treatment, the NAO notes that ...
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NewsMoJ starts countdown clock on discount rate change
Lord chancellor will today announce the immediate start of a review into the adjustment applied to personal injury damages.
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NewsCourt backs recoverability of agency fees in PI claims
Judge allows recovery of ‘reasonable and proportionate’ cost of obtaining records.
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News'Buy any files' firm bets on PI future with Manchester move
'Ideal time for a fresh new legal face in the North West,' says Hudgell Solicitors.
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NewsIBA Rome: Artificial intelligence must mean strict liability – and higher insurance premiums
’The law needs to try not to multiply problems of dealing with AI and should not invest AI with legal personality,’ says Nicholas Tse
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NewsLASPO ban is 'driving referral fees underground'
NHS Resolution says the idea that claimants want to be represented by a firm 300 miles away 'strains credibility'.
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NewsSolicitors' patient data demands anger GPs
Tensions are rising between doctors and solicitors as GP surgeries complain of being bombarded with requests for free copies of patient records.