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Single After The Event Premiums are fully recoverable
25th May, 2012
As many of you may know, since the introduction of the MOJ portal for low value RTA claims some motor insurers and their costs draftsmen have been saying that a fixed ATE premium is too expensive if the case has
More...Government to Consult on Raising the Small Claims Court Limit
17th May, 2012
Hot off the press, Mr Jingly Jangly has confirmed the that the Ministry of Justice is going to 'consult' on their er, decision to raise the small claims court limit for Personal Injury claims from £1,000 to £5,000. Here it is
More...Unbelievable
10th May, 2012
I have had to wait a few days in order to calm down. I want to avoid potential defamation claims. So the Government have suddenly decided to increase the small claims limit to £5,000 for personal injury claims. Now I am a glass
More...LASPO Lego
27th April, 2012
I was into Lego big time from aged 7 until, er 42. Over the (early) years I managed to collect quite a hoard. When I went to University aged 18, I left it all behind and, after a while, it got transferred to
More...Government Overturns Lords Amendments
19th April, 2012
Check out these statistics. About 2,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with Mesothelioma each year, and some 60,000 people in Britain will develop mesothelioma over the next decades because of past exposure, and almost 40,000 have died thus far
More...A Narrow Escape for Industrial Disease Victims
26th March, 2012
The rumour was confirmed last week. The House of Lords has voted for industrial disease claims to be exempt from reforms to no win, no fee litigation. In effect Industrial disease cases will now be exempt from the Jacksons reforms. Under
More...Will Leveson Influence the Jackson Reforms?
8th March, 2012
Hello all. It has been a while. Been busy here at Box Legal. Lots happening in the world of the strange that is the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill of late. First bit of gossip is we have
More...ABI Gain Direct Access to Top MoJ Civil Servant
8th February, 2012
This is how laws are made these days it seems. The proper way is for the Government to issue a consultation document to all relevant parties (i.e. to organisations on both sides of the argument) and then invite responses. When those
More...Jackson Reforms to be delayed by 6 months
1st February, 2012
The Ministry of Justice has today confirmed that implementation of the Jackson reforms will now not take place until April 2013. Enactment of the new rules was scheduled for October this year but they have been receiving a rough ride in the
More...The Future for BTE Insurance
23rd January, 2012
Those of you who read this blog will have spotted a theme here. I have give my predictions for After The Event Insurance (well our take on it anyway) so what of it's evil twin? A quick lesson first. BTE stands
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