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Anti-fraud PI client checks to go live from June
Tuesday, 28 April 2015Claimant personal injury lawyers using the RTA portal will be required to check clients’ claims records on a new database before submitting a new case from 1 June this year, it has been announced.
Tags: ABI, APIL, fraud, MASS, personal injury, RTA portal
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
“Very much maligned” SARAH bill wins over sceptical peers
Tuesday, 16 December 2014The government’s Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism (SARAH) Bill, described as “very much maligned” by justice minister Lord Faulks, has survived its report stage in the Lords, with only a minor government amendment.
Tags: APIL, heroism, House of Lords, justice secretary, personal injury, SARAH Bill
Posted in News
High Court sets out new procedure to help families of asbestos victims access employment records
Peers question new ‘fundamental dishonesty’ rule for personal injury claims
Wednesday, 2 July 2014A clause inserted at the last minute into the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, requiring courts to dismiss personal injury claims in their entirety where claimants have been “fundamentally dishonest”, has divided peers.
Tags: APIL, dishonesty, personal injury, satellite litigation
Posted in General, News
CJC delays guideline hourly rates report
Friday, 2 May 2014The costs committee of the Civil Justice Council has postponed completion of its report on guideline hourly rates until later this month. It was originally due to deliver the report and recommendations to the Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, by 31 March 2014.
Tags: APIL, civil justi, guideline hourly rates
Posted in Costs, News