Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence

NHS spending on claimant legal costs was static last year, even though the costs of low-value cases continue to rise sharply, according to NHS Resolution.

The Senior Costs Judge has disallowed a law firm’s £30,000 success fee because it failed to make reasonable enquiries about legal expenses insurance.

There is a “significant latent demand” for a law firm that can “unlock” personal injury claims that people are not bringing, listed business NAHL Group said yesterday.

Three accident claims management companies – one of which is owned by a law firm – have been found in breach of the Advertising Standards Authority’s rules.

Two fast-growing private equity-backed law firms in the North-West have unveiled acquisitions to boost their Court of Protection and personal injury practices respectively.

Claimant lawyers representing consumers, particularly in personal injury and medical negligence cases, have launched a new trade body – the Consumer Legal Association.

An MP has branded law firms that benefit from so-called ad-spoofing as “dishonest” and unethical, and called for action against them in a parliamentary debate last week.

Personal injury solicitors who jack up their base costs to ensure they always hit the 25% cap on deductions from damages risk referral to the SRA, a senior district judge has warned.

Making litigators declare that they did not use AI in preparing witness statements would “reduce the efficiency that AI has introduced in certain tasks”, says APIL.

A 25-year-old solicitor apprentice has described using AI to build a medical report reviewing tool for personal injury lawyers which he has already sold to five law firms.