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DAS Law welcomes new intake to Graduate Academy
Friday, 21 September 2018DAS Law has welcomed a new intake to its innovative Graduate Academy with seven aspiring lawyers joining the 2018 apprenticeship programme at the Bristol-based firm.
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A golden opportunity for the ATE market to innovate
Monday, 16 July 2018With the key judgement in the BNM v MGN case not expected until the end of the year, and decisions in the fixed recoverable costs arena not due until 2019, the after-the-event (ATE) insurance sector – already burdened by ever-changing regulation – is playing something of a waiting game. But this could be a golden opportunity for the ATE sector – the chance to take advantage of what might otherwise be a relative lull in activity period to set in motion a time of self-analysis and transformation, to develop plans for what the future of ATE insurance will look like.
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DAS Law launches new Graduate Academy for law students
Tuesday, 26 June 2018Bristol-based law firm DAS Law has launched a new Graduate Academy that comprises a fully funded three-year apprenticeship scheme for law graduates and post graduates.
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Cancellation: “Hi, Domino’s? Yeah, I’ve changed my mind, keep it.”
Tuesday, 6 March 2018The example in the headline is a facile one, but I’d like to share a few serious(ish) thoughts about cancellation. Most of us have been there; a shiny product and convincing salesperson, and the price never seems expensive when it’s broken down into 80 years’ worth of monthly payments in a finance deal.
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DAS Announces New Alexa Skill for Amazon Echo
Friday, 26 January 2018DAS UK Group has become the world’s first legal expenses insurer to launch an innovative new Alexa skill for the Amazon Echo.
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Dishonesty: Oh my, we’re finally moving away from the ‘Ghosh Test’
Wednesday, 20 December 2017The recent Supreme Court ruling in Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67 will have a huge impact upon the test for ‘dishonesty’ in criminal and professional disciplinary proceedings. Since 1982, dishonesty has been considered on the basis of the two stage, objective and subjective test arising out of R v Ghosh [1982] EWCA, – the “Ghosh Test”.
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Recovery of post-LASPO ATE premiums: An underwriter’s perspective
Tuesday, 5 December 2017Despite post-LASPO after-the-event insurance (ATE) policies being more relevant now than ever in terms of access to justice, their premiums receive criticism. But in the case of clinical negligence claims, LASPO explicitly allows for partial recovery of an ATE premium to protect against the risk of a claimant becoming liable for expert reports which address the issue of liability. In the context of increasingly aggressive challenges to ATE insurers’ underwriting methodology, a Court of Appeal judgment last week has reaffirmed a number of key principles that underpin the basis on which ATE insurers operate. This should help increase understanding of a product that some may find esoteric.
Tags: DAS UK Group
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DAS LawAssist Raises Indemnity Limit for Multi-Track ATE Personal Injury Product
Wednesday, 15 November 2017After The Event (ATE) insurance provider DAS LawAssist has made major changes to its multi-track ATE Personal Injury insurance product, creating an improved offering specially geared towards cases involving catastrophic road traffic accidents.
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DAS LawAssist extends ATE cover to Intellectual Property and Construction Disputes
Thursday, 13 April 2017The after-the-event insurance division of The DAS UK Group has extended the cover of their civil and commercial litigation product to include intellectual property and construction disputes.
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Legal expenses insurers will pick up the baton as Ministry of Justice whiplash reforms reduce access to justice for many
Wednesday, 1 March 2017Leading legal expenses insurer DAS is predicting an increase in demand for motor legal expenses insurance (MLEI) as a result of the Ministry of Justice’s response to the proposed personal injury reforms announced last week.
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