Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence

The 15% uplift in the fixed fees for whiplash cases will take effect from 31 May, the fourth anniversary of the Official Injury Claim portal, justice minister Sarah Sackman has announced.

The number of personal injury law firms has shrunk by more than a third in just five years, according to research which also found a “significant untapped market”.

Law firm consolidation and changes in Google’s search algorithms hit the number of personal injury cases that listed business NAHL passed to both its panel and own law firm last year.

The number of road traffic accident claims continued to fall last year, according to official data, but claims for clinical negligence, employer’s liability and public liability all rose.

Private equity-backed injury specialist Fletchers Group has unveiled its fourth law firm acquisition in little over three years in the shape of North-West firm Scott Rees & Co.

The government has rejected the argument that increasing fees for medical reports for road traffic accidents would erode the savings from the whiplash reforms.

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.

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.

A large number of insurers thought the government was going to increase the whiplash tariff by more than it did, it has emerged.

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.