Whiplash plans under fire from Law Society
Plans to up the small claims limit for personal injury to £5,000 will stop people getting the legal advice they need to bring claims for the compensation they are entitled to, the Law Society warns
View ArticleCase note: Moreno v Motor Insurers Bureau [2016] UKSC 52
The Supreme Court gave judgment in this case on 2 August 2016, and settled a very important issue: how are damages assessed when a British citizen is injured in an overseas accident?
View ArticleExtending fixed recoverable costs: change is coming for litigators
The government is consulting until 17 January on extending fixed recoverable costs across civil litigation. If implemented, they will represent some of the greatest changes for civil litigators since...
View Article‘Cold calling must be banned’, lawyers’ groups warned
A complete ban on cold calling for personal injury claims is essential to protect consumers and prevent unscrupulous operators from finding a way around existing rules, solicitors’ groups have warned.
View ArticleInsurers will be the winners in personal injury 'reforms'
Insurers not consumers will benefit if government plans to change the way people seek compensation for personal injury are implemented, despite attempts to portray the reforms as a bid to tackle...
View Article'Whiplash' proposals undermined in parliamentary committee evidence session
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has conceded to MPs that the insurance industry saved ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’ from reforms to personal injury in 2013 and that whiplash claims have...
View ArticleWinner takes all: How far should the personal injury reforms go?
Following the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) consultation “Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (Whiplash) Claims Process” earlier this year, the personal injury (PI) sector is about to face a radical change....
View ArticleWrite to your MP on small claims and whiplash
The government has confirmed it is going ahead with changes to whiplash compensation and small claims which will undermine access to justice. Help our campaign against the changes by contacting your MP...
View ArticleLaw Society blog: Law firm marketing ban in hospitals won’t cure NHS ills
Read our blog post by Richard Miller, head of Justice at the Law Society, in which he argues that plans to ban personal injury firms advertising in hospitals in England are short-sighted and...
View ArticleLaw Society launches new injury-related accreditations
The Law Society has launched two accreditations to help consumers identify practitioners that specialise in occupational injury (disease) and catastrophic injury.
View ArticleAlarm over denial of legal rights for road traffic victims
Ordinary people, including the elderly, will be denied expert legal advice required to navigate the court system and understand essential medical evidence to prove their injury, the Law Society has...
View ArticleMoJ confirm April 2019 for RTA claim reforms
Controversial plans to reform whiplash litigation by raising the small claims limit for road traffic accidents to £5,000 are likely to be implemented in April next year, it has emerged.
View ArticleInsurers bound by protocol to pay solicitors costs, Supreme Court hears
Insurers are legally obliged to pay costs to claimant solicitors for initiating claims in the Road Traffic Accident (RTA) portal, the Law Society has submitted to the Supreme Court.
View ArticleMoJ to increase small claims limit for motoring claims in April 2019 - read...
Ministry of Justice officials have confirmed that plans to increase the small claims limit for motoring claims will be implemented in April 2019.
View ArticleLASPO: ban on personal injury referral fees isn't working, MoJ told
Defendant lawyers have told the government that the ban on referral fees in personal injury claims is not working, as part of a wide-ranging response to inform the government’s review of civil...
View ArticleQueasy money? Curing travel sickness claims
An epidemic of holiday sickness claims has plagued the travel industry over the past couple of years. Stephen Mason examines the impact of new regulations.
View ArticleRoyal assent for whiplash reforms
Two pieces of legislation came into force just before Christmas which will transform the personal injury sector and set the ball rolling on sweeping court reforms.
View ArticleLaw Society hits back at the Association of British Insurers
The Law Society has hit back at the Association of British Insurers (ABI) for claiming that solicitors are involved in insurance fraud.
View ArticleRequest for low value personal injury case studies
We are looking for case studies on low-value personal injury cases to inform our response to the upcoming Ministry of Justice consultation on the small claims limit
View ArticleMotor insurers benefit while access to justice is hit
An undercover investigation by consumer organisation Which? has thrown the spotlight on motor insurers which increase driver premiums after minor collisions, even though policy holders are blameless.
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