Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence
Government to increase medical report fees – at some point in 2025
The government has rejected the argument that increasing fees for medical reports for road traffic accidents would erode the savings from the whiplash reforms.
Expert evidence in medical tourism cases
Medical tourism, that is trips abroad for medical, dental or surgical treatment, is creating a rise in cross-border clinical negligence claims, which indeed are more complex than they first appear.
Medico-legal market consolidating and growing “more strongly”
The value of the medico-legal market grew by 4% in 2024, double the growth rate of the previous year, amid consolidation in the sector, according to research.
Insurers “expected bigger increase” in whiplash tariff
A large number of insurers thought the government was going to increase the whiplash tariff by more than it did, it has emerged.
PI lawyer brought “fundamentally dishonest” claims – and lied on CV
A personal injury fee-earner lied about injuries she suffered in three car accidents, as well as about her academics and professional status, a circuit judge has ruled.
Court backs InjuryLawyers4U in dispute with founder law firms
Three law firms that were original members of the Injury Lawyers 4U marketing collective have suffered a major setback in challenging changes to how much they pay towards it.
Financial turnaround at leading PI firm as it makes whiplash claims pay
Leading personal injury law firm Minster Law said yesterday that it has completed a three-year transformation that allows it to run low-value whiplash claims profitably.
Whiplash tariff set to rise 15% as Mahmood finally publishes review
The whiplash tariff is set to increase by around 15%, the government announced yesterday. Claimant representatives say it is not enough, while compensators argued for no increase at all.
Fletchers eyes rapid growth and expects more PE-backed competiton
Leading serious injury law firm Fletchers is set to make another acquisition shortly and offer to other law firms the services of its team who help assess the viability of cases.
Barrister disbarred for making ‘fundamentally dishonest’ PI claim
A barrister who a court found had been fundamentally dishonest in making a personal injury claim has been disbarred.
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Change in regulator shouldn’t make AML less of a priority
While SRA fines for AML have been climbing, many in the profession aren’t confident they will get any relief from the FCA, a body used to dealing with a highly regulated industry.
There are 17 million wills waiting to be written
The main reason cited by people who do not have a will was a lack of awareness as to how to arrange one. As a professional community, we seem to be failing to get our message across.
The case for a single legal services regulator: why the current system is failing
From catastrophic firm collapses to endemic compliance failures, the evidence is mounting that the current multi-regulator model is fundamentally broken.
