Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence
LSB, APIL and Law Centres Federation to intervene in Mazur
The Legal Services Board, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and the Law Centres Federation have all been granted permission to intervene in next month’s Mazur appeal.
NHS spend on legal costs is “unacceptable”, say MPs
It is “unacceptable” that so much public money is spent on legal fees for clinical negligence claims and the government needs to take action, MPs said today.
SRA issues ‘no win, no fee’ warning to counter poor behaviour
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning notice on the use of ‘no win, no fee’ agreements in high-volume consumer claims amid multiple concerns about their misuse.
Legal market to grow “in all areas” as PE extends reach
The legal services market will grow across all practice areas in 2026 for the first time since Covid, researchers have predicte, while a growing private equity presence is “a continuing theme”.
Motor injury claims and OIC activity fall to new low
The number of personal injury claims from road traffic accidents has fallen to an all-time low, with a knock-on effect on the Official Injury Claim portal.
Advertising watchdog targets motor CMCs in latest crackdown
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned misleading adverts aimed at victims of car accidents as part of a new crackdown on claims management companies.
SRA urged not to ban ‘no win, no fee’ label
The Law Society has argued against banning use of the term ‘no win, no fee’ by solicitors, which would risk diverting consumers to unregulated firms.
Whiplash reforms have “utterly failed”, government told
The whiplash reforms have “utterly failed the general public and victims of negligence” and there is no evidence for insurers’ arguments to extend them.
Government hints at more controls on RTA damages and costs
The government’s motor insurance taskforce reported yesterday with a hint that it may extend the whiplash tariff to other injuries and also review the small claims limit.
Solicitor “wrong” to advise client to covertly record meeting
A solicitor was “quite wrong” to advise his client to make a covert recording of testing undertaken by their opponent’s medical expert, the High Court has ruled.
Blog
Beyond the PII premium – rethinking risk
Professional indemnity insurance renewal is often treated as an annual pricing exercise. But it is also a chance to show how effectively you identify, manage and mitigate risk.
The AI governance gap in law firms and why it matters now
A third of law firms are already using AI tools with no formal policy in place to govern how AI gets used, what data goes into it, or who’s accountable when something goes wrong.
Information isn’t oversight – lessons from the PM Law review
The PM Law review’s real findings perhaps point to a failure mode applying to any organisation sitting on scattered risk information.
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