All articles by Rachel Rothwell – Page 6

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    Opinion

    Damage limitation in personal injury

    18 March 2019

    Personal injury firms are struggling to stay in business.

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    News

    Court backs recoverability of agency fees in PI claims

    2019-03-01T09:32:00Z

    Judge allows recovery of ‘reasonable and proportionate’ cost of obtaining records.

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    Opinion

    Litigators must tread carefully on shifting sands

    11 February 2019

    Civil litigators will need to be resourceful as developments in 2019 herald fresh uncertainty.

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    Feature

    Moving up a gear

    28 January 2019

    The government has ambitious plans for autonomous transport but this rapidly evolving technology threatens to drive a coach and horses through our legal framework. Rachel Rothwell reports

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    Opinion

    Heavy-hitters take AIM at litigation

    14 January 2019

    Litigation funders target London market as cash piles up for investment in disputes.

  • News

    Disclosure reform will tackle 'excessive' cost, say top general counsel

    2018-12-17T08:30:00Z

    Disclosure reforms next month will combat the ‘wasted and excessive’ costs of the current regime, corporate clients asserted last week. Discussing the reforms at a GC 100 seminar, in-house lawyers were broadly optimistic that the mandatory disclosure pilot coming into force in January would yield the results they wanted. Richard ...

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    Opinion

    NHS must be helped to learn from its mistakes

    10 December 2018

    Health professionals need more resources to cut the number of errors that result in negligence claims. 

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    Litigation funder closes doors to new cases

    2018-12-03T12:47:00Z

    Calunius says £100m fund has completed its investments and surprises market with no plans for successor. 

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    Opinion

    Picking over the proportionality rule

    12 November 2018

    The case of Reynolds v One Stop Stores Ltd has added flesh to the bare bones of the proportionality rule, but there is still a long way to go. 

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    News

    Disclosure reforms will 'change the culture' - Gloster

    2018-10-17T16:31:00Z

    Ed Crosse Far-reaching reforms being piloted next year will bring about a much needed ‘change in culture’ in relation to disclosure, Dame Elizabeth Gloster told the Law Society’s commercial litigation conference yesterday. Gloster, who chaired the working group responsible for the changes, said the current rules made ...

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    Opinion

    Litigation funders, out and proud

    8 October 2018

    Vannin’s stock market float is further evidence of a booming third-party funding sector.

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    Opinion

    Dishonesty and nuisance value

    10 September 2018

    How should the rules relating to ‘fundamental dishonesty’ operate? 

  • High Court
    News

    Open justice under threat for economic crime, warns damning report

    2018-07-13T08:49:00Z

    Open justice is under threat in economic crime due to the way court lists operate, the difficulty of obtaining court documents and the number of hearings now being conducted in private, an anti-corruption non-government organisation (NGO) warns today. A report by Corruption Watch says the lack of transparency in the ...

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    News

    Progress stalls on solicitor judges, latest diversity stats show

    2018-07-12T11:24:00Z

    Judicial diversity figures released today show a fall in the number of court judges with a solicitor background.

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    Profits soar at Addleshaws

    2018-07-12T10:08:00Z

    International firm Addleshaw Goddard has today posted record results, with global revenue up 23% on last year to £242m. Profit rose 36% to £87m, while the firm maintains strong cash reserves of £34m despite significant investment in staff and infrastructure. Both revenue and profit have grown year on year for ...

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    Funder Augusta raises £150m from single investor

    2018-07-10T10:12:00Z

    Litigation funder Augusta has raised £150m from a single investor to add to its litigation warchest, it revealed today. It is understood that the cash has come from a blue chip investor. Augusta set up in 2014 and has so far committed £98m in funding for 162 cases. Until now, ...

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    Opinion

    Jackson skittles MoJ on damages deals

    9 July 2018

     Costs reform architect eloquently demolishes government arguments for ‘caution’ on damages-based agreements. 

  • Child abuse
    Feature

    Out of the shadows

    2 July 2018

    A glut of celebrity cases has demolished the myth that child abusers are all dirty old men in raincoats. But now the scale of the problem has been laid bare, reports Rachel Rothwell, the justice system is struggling to adapt.

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    Feature

    Money machine

    25 June 2018

    With cash pouring into third-party funding, law firms are well-placed to enter the market and provide capital at lower rates. But they need to take heed of the risks.

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    Opinion

    Blurring the lines

    11 June 2018

    For law firms, funding claims is not for dabblers. But the profits could be vast