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Firm achieves settlement in case “big players would not have touched”
Wednesday, 28 March 2018A law firm that successfully brought an asbestosis case decades out of time has claimed that the big players in the market would not have taken it on. It comes as another practice announced a “ground-breaking” settlement agreement with insurers which covers both existing treatment for mesothelioma and “future unidentified treatments”.
Tags: mesothelioma
Posted in News
MoJ: “Not our intention” that mesothelioma victims should use state compensation to fund court fees
Monday, 6 July 2015The government never intended that mesothelioma victims should have to use statutory compensation awards to pay enhanced court fees, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.
Tags: court fees, judicial review, mesothelioma, Ministry of Justice
Posted in News
Supreme Court backs “broad equitable approach” to insurers’ liability in mesothelioma cases
Wednesday, 20 May 2015Insurers liable to pay compensation to mesothelioma victims have rights to pro rata contributions from other insurers and/or employers covering some of the time of exposure, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, mesothelioma, Supreme Court
Posted in General, News
Government increases Mesothelioma Act payments
Wednesday, 11 February 2015The government has announced that it will increase tariff payments under the Mesothelioma Act to 100%, rather than 80%, of the average damages they would have achieved in the courts.
Tags: Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, insurers, Irwin Mitchell, mesothelioma
Posted in News
Government blames High Court for denying mesothelioma victims damages uplift
Thursday, 11 December 2014The High Court’s decision to block the abolition of recoverability for mesothelioma claims has denied victims the 10% uplift in damages they would otherwise have received, justice minister Lord Faulks has said.
Tags: damages, justice select committee, LASPO, mesothelioma
Posted in Jackson reforms, News
Vara promises new mesothelioma review before abolishing recoverability
Tuesday, 9 December 2014The government will carry out a second review of mesothelioma claims “in due course” before abolishing the recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums, Shailesh Vara, the justice minister, has told MPs.
Tags: HMRC, LASPO, mesothelioma, Success fees
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News
Supreme Court extends protection for asbestos victims
Thursday, 23 October 2014The Supreme Court has extended protection for victims of asbestos-related diseases, by ruling that the Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 apply to all workers in factories where asbestos is being processed.
Tags: asbestos, mesothelioma, Supreme Court
Posted in News
High Court blocks abolition of recoverability in mesothelioma cases
Friday, 3 October 2014The High Court has ruled that the government cannot go ahead with abolishing recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums in mesothelioma cases this autumn because it failed to carry out a proper review of the impact on victims.
Tags: High Court, mesothelioma, Ministry of Justice
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News
MPs demand new mesothelioma review after row over ‘secret deal’ with insurers
Friday, 1 August 2014MPs on the justice select committee have demanded that the government carry out a second mesothelioma review, following a row over a “secret deal” between ministers and the insurance industry.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, justice select committee, LASPO, mesothelioma
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News
Justice minister denies secret deal with insurers on mesothelioma
Wednesday, 18 June 2014Lord Faulks, the justice minister, has denied that the government did a secret deal with the insurance industry on the handling of mesothelioma claims.
Tags: justice minister, LASPO, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma Act
Posted in Jackson reforms, News