Personal injury – Page 3
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NewsCourt of Appeal delivers boost for claimant lawyers on costs principle
Judges rule that costs of rehabilitation case management meetings can in principle be recovered.
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NewsClaims firm which reported £1m loss bought out by rival
Deal agreed on Tuesday for Simpson Millar to take on the assets and trading name of Novum Law.
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NewsRoofer in PI fraud narrowly avoids prison
Insurer spied on claimant for more than 18 months and proved that his symptoms were false.
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NewsClaimant lawyers appeal to recover case manager meeting costs
Court of Appeal hears that blanket ban on meetings costs is inconsistent with legal practice.
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NewsInsurers lobby for extension of whiplash reforms
ABI says tariffs should be extended to bodily injuries other than whiplash soft-tissue injury.
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NewsPI lawyers gear up for Supreme Court mixed injuries hearing
Official data continues to show that majority of claims are hybrid.
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NewsPI firm went bust after creditors stopped writing off debts
Specialist firm went under after misplaced investments and failed debt talks, administrators reveal.
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NewsGovernment urged to cancel legal debts of SSB clients
Bradford MP also calls for investigation into the circumstances that led to the collapse of SSB Law.
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NewsDefence teams 'intimidate vulnerable clients', claimant lawyers say
SRA probe into Post Office settlement offers has piqued interest of serious injury lawyers.
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NewsMesh victims say adversarial claims system creates a 'lottery'
Patient safety commissioner recommends collaborative redress scheme with limited legal costs involved.
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NewsNews focus: A big character playing to Winn
The exponential growth of Newcastle’s Winn Group shows no signs of slowing down.
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NewsNational firm not liable over ‘general and preliminary’ helpline advice
Court of Appeal judges dismiss holidaymaker’s claim against Irwin Mitchell over legal helpline advice
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NewsPE-backed claims group announces another acquisition
Fletchers Group now employs 800 people after rapid growth since investment.
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NewsRTA claims fall to new low but insurance premiums in overdrive
Fewer injured people are bothering to claim while many firms have left the low-value RTA market.
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NewsLiverpool firm to lead doctors’ claim over long Covid
Bond Turner alleges that NHS organisations did not protect frontline workers.
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NewsProfits flat in ‘subdued’ PI market but firm stays upbeat
NAHL says transition to a dual law firm and claims manager is now complete.
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NewsNational firm owed duty of care to helpline caller, Court of Appeal told
Holidaymaker claims that, after receiving general advice from Irwin Mitchell’s legal advice helpline, she was owed common law duty of care.
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NewsTesco driver paid to stage crashes ordered to pay £18,000
County court judge describes case as 'fraud and conspiracy of unprecedented scale'.
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News'Embarrassed by the law': Claimant lawyers 'gutted' by Supreme Court ruling
Justices in Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust said a line on liability had to be drawn somewhere.