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Is Self Insuring A Sick Bird?
7th January, 2014
Old joke this one - What's the difference between unlawful and illegal? Answer: The first means doing something which breaches an existing legal statute, the second is a sick bird. Boom boom. So Happy New Year to everyone. Things are picking u
More...Low ATE Premiums - Don't kid yourself.
20th November, 2013
Can ATE Insurance policies be too cheap? Well some ATE insurers are offering motor policies which are £40 + IPT. Excellent. All is wonderful with your client and your boss - the client has full protection and the firm isn't going
More...No profit without an ATE policy?
11th November, 2013
This is interesting. Pre-Jackson, many barristers were happy to work under a CFA as they made up for lost cases by charging a success fee on their 'wins'. This success fee was of course recoverable from the defendant. Since April, this has
More...Finally Some Good News
23rd October, 2013
The Small Claims Court Limit is not going to be increased! Hooray! The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that, for once, they have listened to people who know about the law (in this instance the Transport Select Committee) and have
More...'Defeating' BTE Policies
7th October, 2013
Did the Government foresee problems for BTE insurers when they proposed the ban on referral fees? I don't think so. If I recall correctly, Before the Event Insurance was touted as the saviour for personal injury claimants. I am more than
More...McJackson to be introduced in Scotland
18th September, 2013
The Taylor Review has finally been published. Prepared by Sheriff James Taylor, It is the Scottish equivalent of the Jackson review and has come to many of the same conclusions as the UK study. It seems that Qualified One Way Costs
More...Will ATE Insurance Survive?
11th July, 2013
Since the Jackson reforms came into force, we have been busy liaising with our panel of solicitors through visits and calls. The overall impression we get is that times are tough for them. Many have yet to work out where they
More...6 Weeks Later
14th May, 2013
So we are now 6 weeks into the new regime and how is it going? From our point of view – not bad, although still slow compared with before the changes. We have been speaking with our 300+ firms and have
More...The calm after the storm
3rd April, 2013
Phew. What a month. It's been a while and for good reason. We have had the most unbelievable month in our history. Why? Well, we all know about the Jackson reforms taking effect 1st April and we all know that everything needed
More...How to survive on reduced fixed costs
5th March, 2013
And so it came to pass. David did meet with the great unwashed (insurers) and a deal was done which the learned Judges hath said 'there's nothing wrong with that': Costs for a basic RTA will now be fixed at just
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