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Compensators urged to prepare for higher discount rate
Tuesday, 16 April 2019The impending change to the discount rate means a focus on old part 36 offers, accommodation claims and cases that have settled but still require court approval, a leading defendant lawyer has said.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in General, News
Vicarious liability not a “one-way street” for accident victims
Thursday, 11 April 2019Assessing the demands of social justice in cases involving vicarious liability is “not a one-way street” for accident victims, a High Court judge has ruled.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in General, News
Drop in fraudulent PI claims “will not lead to lower premiums”
Wednesday, 10 April 2019A likely reduction in fraudulent insurance claims – because of more stringent regulation of CMCs and next year’s whiplash reforms – will probably not boost insurers’ profits, it was claimed today.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in General, News
Woman who lied and exaggerated clinical negligence claim jailed
Tuesday, 9 April 2019A woman who lied about the extent of her injuries and disabilities following negligent surgery and sought more than £2.3m in compensation has been jailed for five months.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in General, News
Success fee ruling could open assessment “floodgates”
Thursday, 4 April 2019The law firm at the centre of the Court of Appeal decision on blanket 100% success fees has expressed its concern that the decision could “open the floodgates” to solicitor/own-client assessments.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Costs, News
CA upholds challenge to routine 100% success fee in low-value PI
Wednesday, 3 April 2019Solicitors handling low-value PI claims since LASPO should have undertaken risk assessments before setting success fees – rather than just applying 100% across the board – the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in ATE/CFA, News
Solicitors can recover VAT on full MRO fee, says appeal court
Wednesday, 3 April 2019A solicitor does not have to investigate whether a medical reporting organisation is right to charge VAT on the whole of its bill, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a case that it said affected “thousands” of others.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Costs, News
Fixed costs impact: “Less income per claim but more cases”
Monday, 1 April 2019An extended fixed recoverable costs regime may lead to reduced income per case for solicitors but this will be balanced by quicker settlements and the chance to take on more cases, according to the MoJ.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Costs, News
Lawyers concerned by figures underpinning fixed costs reform
Monday, 1 April 2019Lawyers have reacted with caution to government plans to implement Sir Rupert Jackson’s recommendations for fixed recoverable costs, especially given the evidence behind the figures.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Costs, Jackson reforms, News
From beer goggles to safety goggles: APIL names new CEO
Friday, 29 March 2019A man steeped in the brewing business has been named the new chief executive of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Mike Benner is only the third chief executive in its history.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in General, News