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What I learned from the MIB
Friday, 7 February 2020Last week I attended the MIB’s whiplash reforms integration workshop in London. The MIB’s good design and user testing may not be enough to provide claimants with a viable solution.
Tags: Claim Technology, personal injury
Posted in Blog
Solicitor sanctioned for dealing with unregulated CMCs
Wednesday, 5 February 2020A solicitor who took holiday sickness leads from unregulated claims management companies has been rebuked by his regulator – as has one convicted of assaulting an emergency worker.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
NAHL shares crash amid personal injury market uncertainty
Monday, 3 February 2020Shares in NAHL plc – owner of National Accident Helpline – crashed today after it said uncertainty in the personal injury market would significantly affect its performance in 2020.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Leading PI firm plots post-Civil Liability Act growth
Wednesday, 16 October 2019One of the country’s largest and fastest-growing personal injury law firms has announced record results and its ambition to expand further despite next year’s Civil Liability Act reforms.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
PI firms “ignoring” out-of-hours calls and Facebook contacts
Wednesday, 25 September 2019Personal injury law firms are failing to adapt to clients using less traditional methods of contacting them by not responding when clients call them out-of-hours or via Facebook, according to new research.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Third “and probably last” ABS joint venture for NAHL
Wednesday, 18 September 2019NAHL plc – the company that owns National Accident Helpline – has unveiled its third, and probably last, joint venture alternative business structure as it prepares for next year’s personal injury reforms.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Legal charities urge government to delay whiplash reforms
Tuesday, 13 August 2019Four leading legal charities have urged the government to delay next year’s whiplash reforms over fears that litigants in person and the organisations supporting them will be overwhelmed by the new regime.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
MoJ official “confident” of hitting April 2020 deadline for PI reform
Wednesday, 31 July 2019The civil servant overseeing the Civil Liability Act reforms yesterday declared his confidence that the 6 April 2020 target for implementation would be met. But he stressed that “ministers will not rush this”.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Credit hire and repair costs “recoverable under new portal”
Tuesday, 23 July 2019PI claimants will be able to recover credit hire and repair costs under the new regime due to come into force next April if the total value of the claim does not exceed £10,000, it has emerged.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Revealed: Children to be exempt from whiplash portal – for now
Monday, 8 July 2019Children and protected parties are to be exempt from the increase in the small claims limit and the new whiplash portal – at least for now – Legal Futures can reveal. We also have more detail on the portal build.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
