Personal injury – Page 25
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NewsAutumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt
Insurers furious about another increase in IPT – and are already suggesting whiplash pledges could be affected.
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NewsMoJ’s whiplash reform blunder ‘could open door to judicial review’
Personal injury reform proposals are based on old data, which experts say could expose the plans to a legal challenge.
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NewsMoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims
Claims Management Regulator says clients must have given consent to be contacted.
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NewsCouncil chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to solicitors firm
Bolton Council’s leader and chief executive both face questions after secret meeting approved ‘emergency’ funding of £300,000 to personal injury outfit Asons Solicitors.
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NewsInsurers to pocket £200m a year from PI reforms
Details of government’s impact assessment are released along with whiplash consultation.
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NewsPersonal injury proposals at a glance
Consultation asks for views on much wider transformation of the sector than first imagined.
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NewsTop CMC: whiplash reforms give us chance to be ‘more proactive’
National Accident Helpline tells stock exchange it will change its business model.
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NewsCourt of Appeal grants leeway on fixed costs application
Claimants hail result in landmark Qader case which dropped out of RTA protocol.
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NewsCampaigners warn PI reforms will cost 60,000 legal jobs
Reaction starts to come in to government’s announcement of a crackdown on claims.
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NewsMoJ set to impose £5k small claims limit
Law Society says the plans will 'completely undermine the right of ordinary people to receive full and proper compensation'.
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NewsGovernment to propose £5k small claims limit – BBC
Report says the Ministry of Justice is also set to cap minor injuries compensation at 'just over £400'.
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NewsLabour would oppose small claims limit rise
Shadow justice minister speaks out as lawyers prepare for imminent publication of consultation.
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News‘Name and shame’ solicitors benefiting from cold calls – PI group
Sector attempts to go on the front foot in lobbying government for action to reform personal injury market.
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NewsCA ruling on fixed fees to have ‘substantial’ effect
Listing for disposal counts as listing for trial for purposes of costs.
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NewsMedCo suspends 134 shell companies as new rules kick in
From now on medical reporting organisations must show they are independent and solely responsible for work received.
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Dozens probed over referral fee ban breaches
Warning notices issued to 13 claims management companies in last quarter.
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Legal cannibals: law firms fuelling rise in negligence claims
Research finds High Court seeing more professional negligence claims against solicitors.
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NewsRow brews over holiday illness claims
The Association of British Travel Agents blamed ‘aggressive sales practices of some claims management companies’.
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MoJ unveils plan to rid MedCo scheme of shell companies
All medical reporting organisations must prove they are independent and properly staffed.
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NewsPersonal injury market ‘generally working well’ – SRA study
Independent research for the Solicitors Regulation Authority says market is adapting positively to LASPO.