26th April, 2011
Good break? Very hectic bank holiday for the Morris family so I have come back to work for a rest. There didn't seem to be many people going to work this morning though. I read somewhere that over 25% of people
More...19th April, 2011
Hello there. I am back. We had a lovely week in the French Alps. Fantastic weather but only snow quite high up so the children had to go in the cable car every day to ski school whilst the poor old
More...18th April, 2011
Box Legal would like to thank all of those who entered our competition to win an Amazon Kindle. The answer to the question we asked, "How many cancellation reasons do we allow? ", was 7. A winner was selected at random from
More...13th April, 2011
This is the second in our series of guest blogs. It comes from Malcolm Roberts, owner of Beechwood Services - A document signing and investigation service for claimant solicitors. A wise friend once observed that whenever you read a newspaper a
More...11th April, 2011
To enter the competition you must do the following: Answer the following question: Q. How many cancellation reasons do we allow? ...and send your answer by email to Kirsten@boxlegal.co.uk Follow Box Legal on Twitter...just click here: htt
More...9th April, 2011
OK. I have done After the Event Insurance and the fact that it is going to be needed post-Jackson, so let's look at solicitors shall we? Are they going to be needed, I mean after all, they are going to increase
More...6th April, 2011
Now that the dust has settled on Ken Clarke's announcement, let's do some crystal ball gazing to see what is going to happen to After the Event Insurance post Jackson implementation. First, let's look at the (likely) rules: After the Event Insuranc
More...1st April, 2011
I have just read the Government's Impact Assessment. I thought for a minute it was an April Fool joke but then looked at the date - it was written 10th March. In the assessment, Annex A reveals that the Ministry of
More...31st March, 2011
Come on, you've spotted it haven't you? I am not talking about Ken Clarke's reference to the cost of litigation to the NHS. He said lawyers fees were £456m when in fact claimant fees were just £104m. He got himself a
More...30th March, 2011
And so it came to pass. Ken Clarke struck down upon the claimant with great vengence etc etc. Well I did warn everyone that a quick decision probably meant the Government had decided to implement Jackson way before the consultation. We
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