Personal injury – Page 46
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Delay in switch of CMC complaints
The government is almost certain to miss its target for transferring complaints about claims management companies (CMCs) to the Legal Ombudsman. The Ministry of Justice cannot yet say when the plans – unveiled last August – will come to fruition. The move was scheduled to be completed this year, but ...
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MASS calls for blanket inducements ban
The group representing RTA claimant solicitors has said it is ‘disappointed’ that inducements for claims will not be banned. Last week the Solicitors Regulation Authority stated there was no reason to outlaw cash or gift enticements to potential claimants. The Motor Accident Solicitors Society today entered the debate and called ...
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Law Society hard-hitting PI campaign
A bold new advertising campaign by the Law Society beginning today focuses on the benefits to personal injury claimants of getting proper legal advice. The six-week campaign ‘deliberately takes a bold, humorous and memorable approach to convey an important message’, the Society said. The ‘Don’t Get Mugged’ campaign will feature ...
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A car crash of a hearing
When insurers, lawyers and claims management companies are quizzed about who is to blame for the apparent epidemic in whiplash accident claims, it is obvious who will emerge as the culprit.
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Quindell strikes pioneering claims deal with Honda UK
Listed personal injury consolidator Quindell is to offer accident management services to all UK Honda customers.
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Another PI firm goes into administration
Personal injury firm Calibre Solicitors has been placed into administration resulting in 14 people being made redundant.
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Expert report warns government to hold off RTA portal extension
Government plans to extend the RTA portal from next year were today dealt a blow by one of its own advisers.
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Claims firms to become ‘advertising wing of ABSs’
Claims management companies have already agreed pre-contract deals with law firms to become alternative business structures (ABSs), according to their governing body.
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Insurers attack high volume of whiplash claims
Insurers have decried the UK as the whiplash capital of Europe with nearly 1,200 claims made every day.
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Insurer blames personal injury solicitors for whiplash claims
A leading UK insurer has blamed claimant personal injury solicitors for a rise in whiplash claims despite a fall in the number of collisions. Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, also suggested that law firms are partly responsible for spiralling motor insurance premiums. The Law Society has hit back at ...
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Cold called
To be honest, I knew I was asking for trouble by picking up the phone at teatime. The only calls that come through on that particular landline are from investment advisers or chaps asking for my passwords so they can fix my IT. Sure enough, when I picked up the ...
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Portal protestors issue letter before action
Personal injury lawyers have started a process that could lead to a judicial review into reforms planned for the Road Traffic Accident Portal next April.
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New portal fees threaten access to justice, says Society
Thousands of personal injury solicitors face uncertain futures after the government unveiled plans to slash fees for road traffic accident work.
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Adviser warns on traffic accident portal fees
Major upheaval of the personal injury sector is happening too quickly and without evidence to support it, according to the government’s own adviser on the subject.