Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence

A protocol agreed in the wake of Covid-19 to better manage clinical negligence claims during the pandemic is remaining in place after it appeared to reduce the number of contested cases.

The ruling of a district judge highlighting apparent collusion between solicitors, medical experts and others in inflating a personal injury claim is an important landmark in the fight against fraud.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority should investigate a personal injury firm involved in “layering” a claim with further costs, given evidence that this is a pattern of behaviour..

The insurance industry has sought permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling on mixed injury claims in the Official Injury Claim portal to the Supreme Court.

MPs have today launched an inquiry into how the whiplash reforms are working, including the impact on the number of claims and whether they ensure access to justice.

A solicitor who “shattered” public trust in the profession by making a fake personal injury claim through the law firm where he worked has been struck off.

The continued growth of Express Solicitors – which is to start training up pupil barristers – kicks off our round-up of significant activity among leading personal injury firms.

A mediation service which has just concluded its 1,000th case for the NHS says there is still a “huge untapped market” for mediation, both in clinical negligence and personal injury cases.

The Court of Appeal’s ruling today on how to value mixed personal injury claims in the Official Injury Claim portal has not provided sufficient clarity, some lawyers have warned.

National Accident Helpline is launching a multi-million-pound campaign to reassure people who are worried or confused about bringing personal injury claims.

The Ministry of Justice yesterday raised the prospect of replacing the single personal injury discount rate with a dual or multiple rates, in the run-up to next year’s full-scale review.

Slater & Gordon has accepted a fine of nearly £82,000 for historic shortcomings in the legal services business it acquired from Quindell.

A reality TV star has been found fundamentally dishonest in bringing a personal injury claim that was undermined by what he put up on social media from Ibiza in the wake of his accident.

Now-defunct law firm Asons, a medical expert and the former boss of a medical agency brought a claim in the name of a man who had no knowledge of it, a judge has ruled.

The fact that fewer than 10% of claimants use the Official Injury Claim portal without legal representation does not mean the system has failed to deliver, the government said yesterday.