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Shock Small Claims Limit Increase
26th November, 2015
The government has today made a surprise attack on personal injury claims as part of George Osborne’s spending review. The Small Claims Limit for personal injury claims is to be increased from £1,000 to £5,000, and compensation for whiplash claims wil
More...A Charitable Decision?
7th October, 2015
It would seem that the raft of satellite litigation that was envisaged following the introduction of QOCS has not quite materialised, but this has not stopped some important decisions being made by the courts as to the application of QOCS. Late
More...It’s Negligent, Clinically?
6th October, 2015
It seems like an age has passed since Master Leonard sat in the Senior Courts Cost Office in the case of Ms Emily Nokes -v- Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust (2015) which concerned an ATE Insurance policy for a
More...Cyclists – "A Presumed Liability”
2nd September, 2015
As a cyclist and PI lawyer, I have heard the calls growing louder for there to be a "presumed liability” for motorists who are in collision with cyclists and pedestrians. I was out cycling recently and had a very near miss with
More...Clinical Negligence ATE insurance – How much?
11th June, 2015
Now the dust has settled after the implementation of Section 2 of the Recoverability of Costs Insurance Premiums in Clinical Negligence Proceedings Regulations 2013 the first satellite litigation is starting to wind its way, slowly through the courts.
More...Moving House Without Risk
9th June, 2015
Guess what I am doing at the moment [a clue is in the title]. I have to say, all those purveyors of doom are right. Moving house is incredibly stressful. The problem is that there are so many factors to keep
More...CFAs - Should we name and shame? An After The Event Insurance providers view
30th April, 2015
As After The Event Insurance providers, we know that arranging funding for your client at the outset of a case is one of the most important parts of a Personal Injury lawyer’s job. Whilst I’m sure we all do the
More...Fundamentally Dishonest and After The Event Insurance
24th April, 2015
The new rule on fundamental dishonesty in personal injury actions came quietly into force on the 13th April under s57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Little has been said by the judiciary about this new rule and Claimants
More...Success Fees and Noise Induced Hearing Loss – "Say that Again", said the After the Event insurer!
31st March, 2015
An important decision for all who provide After the Event Insurance has now been handed down by Mr Justice Phillips in conjoined cases, Dalton and Others –v- British Telecommunications plc [2015] EWHC 616 (QB) At stake was the preliminary issue as
More...To QOCS or not to QOCS? An ATE insurance dilemma!
12th March, 2015
I imagine that all of us in the world of PI litigation and After The Event Insurance have been patiently waiting for the raft of satellite litigation to hit the already clogged up courts following the Jackson changes, but has
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