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The Civil Liability Bill
Wednesday, 6 June 2018Compensation claims, particularly for minor injuries as a result of road traffic accidents, are the centre of ongoing tension between the insurance industry and those who represent claimants. The Civil Liability Bill aims to put an end to what the government sees as the high number of “minor, exaggerated and fraudulent claims for compensation resulting from whiplash injuries sustained in road traffic accidents”.
Tags: civil liability bill, personal injury, personal injury reform
Posted in Features
Partner struck off after settling PI claim for £5,000 then paying client £60,000 in fictitious damages
Friday, 28 July 2017A partner has been struck off for dishonestly settling a personal injury claim for £5,000 without instructions, telling the client it had settled for £60,000, and then paying out the fictitious damages from unrelated client accounts.
Tags: personal injury, Solicitors Discliplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Senior judge berates government lawyers over handling of MoJ negligence claim
Tuesday, 25 July 2017A lady justice of appeal has berated the Government Legal Department over its defence of a negligence claim brought by a prison officer against the Ministry of Justice, saying its “lack of focus” led to a “huge workload which was wholly disproportionate to the real issues”.
Tags: High Court, Ministry of Justice, personal injury
Posted in Latest news
CMCs rake in over £6bn in past 10 years of regulation
Thursday, 20 July 2017Claims management companies have earned over £6bn in the past decade, new figures from the Claims Management Regulator have shown. In a special anniversary report to mark 10 years of regulation, the CMR said that the number of CMCs had shrunk from a peak in 2011 of 3,213 to 1,388 in 2017.
Tags: CMCs, personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Clerk who pursued PI claims against wishes of clients banned by SDT
Friday, 16 June 2017A clerk who pursued personal injury claims against the wishes of his clients has been banned from working for law firms by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Michael Davis said he was acting “in accordance with office procedures” and was managing up to 400 live cases at any one time.
Tags: personal injury, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
What’s in a name? Appeal judges reject pleas of claimant who sued wrong firm
Tuesday, 16 May 2017Appeal judges have rejected the pleas of a claimant who, faced by two law firms with similar names set up by the same solicitor, sued the wrong one. The court heard how Godfrey Morgan Solicitors and Godfrey Morgan Solicitors Limited were run “in parallel, as distinct businesses”.
Tags: Court of Appeal, personal injury, professional negligence
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news
ABS hopes to build up consumer brand covering 14 types of claim
Friday, 10 March 2017A high street law firm has obtained an alternative business structure licence as part of a strategy to build up its Refund You website-based consumer brand, which covers 14 areas of claims, from personal injury and financial mis-selling to timeshares and cavity wall insulation.
Tags: alternative business structure, consumer brand, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Personal injury lawyer who faced “perfect storm” is struck off
Monday, 11 July 2016A personal injury lawyer who faced “what could almost be described as a perfect storm” of legal aid cuts and a doubling of his rent has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The SDT said that rather than approaching his bank, the solicitor took a decision to “plunder client account”.
Tags: medical negligence, personal injury, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Here come the loss adjusters: US giant to launch ABS
Thursday, 16 June 2016Crawford & Company, one of the world’s biggest firms of loss adjusters, has announced that it is setting up an alternative business structure in the UK to offer an end-to-end claims management services. Crawford – which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange – has 27 offices in this country.
Tags: Alternative business structures, insurers, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
ICO investigates after medical records found in skip outside law firm
Thursday, 16 June 2016The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation, after medical records relating to personal injury claims were found in a skip outside a law firm’s former office in St Helens, Merseyside. Separately, evidence has emerged of bodyshops releasing personal data to third-party law firms and CMCs.
Tags: client confidentiality, data protection, personal injury
Posted in Client care, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors