All articles by Rachel Rothwell – Page 3
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Opinion
Jeremy Hunt’s handy sword of Damocles
Proposals by chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee represent an overhaul of the way compensation is awarded when injury is caused by the NHS.
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Opinion
Are you about to become extinct?
When the facts of a dispute become incontestable where will that leave lawyers?
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Opinion
As fixed costs expand we need answers
With fixed costs due to be extended into most straightforward civil claims worth up to £100,000, and into clin neg claims worth up to £25,000, the CoA’s ruling in Belsner will be even more important.
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Feature
Home truths
Housing is an ‘utterly adversarial’ arena unsuited to mediation, hears Rachel Rothwell. But with legal aid rates unviable and cross-subsidy under threat, the government does little but talk about tenants’ rights.
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Opinion
Can new clin neg fee scheme be made to work?
For those injured through careless or substandard medical care, the new system must work fairly despite the low fees on offer.
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Feature
Giving up baby
Surrogacy is becoming an increasingly popular option for would-be parents who are unable to conceive by ‘conventional’ means. But the UK’s outdated surrogacy laws are in urgent need of reform, reports Rachel Rothwell.
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Opinion
Priced out of justice – unless you’re an oligarch
Just an up-and-coming UK supplier screwed over by its biggest customer? Sorry, but the London courts are not for you.
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Opinion
Early advice key to cutting family backlog
Dominic Raab is in the market for something ‘drastic and bold’.
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Feature
Coming to harm
Controlling and coercive behaviour was recognised as a discrete criminal offence in 2015, but is enough being done to protect victims?
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Feature
Ready to roll
With a vital role in the competition class actions regime, a push towards standard documentation and a nascent secondary market, the litigation funding sector is growing up.
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News
New disclosure rules for ‘less complex claims’ below £500,000
Plans for reform of pilot in Business and Property Courts published today.
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Opinion
Revealed: what judges really think of budgeting
The cat is out of the bag. Judges think costs budgeting is a waste of time. We always suspected it, but now we know it.
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Opinion
Time to update ‘Dickensian’ county courts
Among lawyers who deal with the county courts, recent comments by master of the rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos raised eyebrows.
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Opinion
Personal injury reform – a pain in the neck?
At the end of this month the ‘Official Injury Claim’ portal for low-value road traffic accident claims finally goes live.
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Opinion
Making the courts less expensive
Alternative dispute resolution can be cost-effective, but it should never be the only choice.
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News
Cap on damages amounts to informed consent, court rules
Lead decision in more than 400 costs assessments brought against Slater and Gordon.