Fraudster sentenced to eight months in prison for contempt of court following...
Horwich Farrelly has secured the first contempt of court ruling for Zurich and the City of Cardiff Council which has led to an eight month imprisonment of a fraudster who tried to claim for a car...
View ArticlePersonal injury Ethical Marketing Charter secures 62 signatories
The personal injury sector’s Ethical Marketing Charter, set up by National Accident Helpline in 2015, has now secured 62 signatories. The charter, which recently marked its one year anniversary,...
View ArticleInsurers “have reneged” on motor insurance premium promises
The insurance industry has reneged on its promises after failing to reduce motor insurance premiums despite seeing a large drop in whiplash claims in the aftermath of the Jackson reforms, according to...
View ArticleMinster Law appoints new head of partnerships
Minster Law has appointed Michael Lynch as its new head of partnerships. Lynch, an experienced business development professional, has been charged with “driving partner business forward” by the...
View ArticleMichael Lewin Solicitors appoints new industrial disease team leader
Leeds firm Michael Lewin Solicitors has appointed Tim Fieldhouse as head of industrial diseases. Fieldhouse joins the firm from Eatons where he has spent the last five years as an industrial disease...
View ArticleTasmanian court sets precedent as it applies UK ruling on future care costs
An Australian court has applied the Court of Appeal 2009 decision in Peters v East Midlands SHA in order to award almost £7 million to a UK citizen who was injured in a quad bike accident in Tasmania....
View ArticleHorwich Farrelly secures eight findings of fundamental dishonesty in single day
Horwich Farrelly has secured what it believes to be a record eight findings of fundamental dishonesty in a single day. The firm says that the milestone was achieved on 18 August after it won four...
View ArticleSecond UK Acquisition for CoventBridge Group
CoventBridge Group has acquired R-ISC Investigation & Surveillance Company as its second UK acquisition in just six months. The full service surveillance and investigative firm, which was formed in...
View ArticleAccidents will happen
Personal injury solicitors What’s My Claim Worth uncover what is behind many accidents at work, how they happen, and who they’re most likely to happen to As much as we don’t really like to think about...
View ArticleABI slams “alarmist headlines and misleading reporting” over motor premium...
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said that recent “alarmist headlines and misleading reporting” have clouded the real reasons for the rising cost of motor insurance policies. The comments...
View ArticleNHSLA tests in-house working to cut £120m defence costs
The NHS Litigation Authority has said that it wants to try handling some of its claims in-house in an attempt to save money. The Law Society Gazette has reported that the NHSLA spent £120 million on...
View ArticleCunningham Lindsey launches independent validation service for lower value...
Cunningham Lindsey has launched an independent validation service for lower value domestic and commercial buildings claims in the UK, called Invisio. The global claims management provider says that...
View ArticleMastercard faces potential £14bn claim for anti-competitive card fees
Former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks is leading a £14 billion claim against Mastercard for having charged anti-competitive card fees. According to the BBC, Merricks will be backed by law firm...
View Article“Overwhelming majority of Brits” want to see further motor accident claim...
The “overwhelming majority of Brits” want the Government to further reform small soft tissue injury claims, according to research carried out by Aviva. Aviva says that 83% of respondents to its survey...
View ArticleRecord-breaking year sees 40% increase in entries for Eclipse Proclaim...
A record number of entries have been made for the 2016 Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards. The unprecedented number of entrants – a 40% increase on last year – has come at a time of great...
View ArticleMinistry of Defence response to anti-malarial drug report “fails to...
A partner at Hilary Meredith Solicitors has accused the Government of failing to face up to its failures in its response to a House of Commons Defence Committee report on Lariam, the controversial...
View ArticleFOIL supports Get it Right initiative to stem UK construction industry losses
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) has thrown its support behind an initiative to reduce errors in the UK’s construction industry. Errors are estimated to cost between £10 billion and £25 billion...
View ArticleAPIL welcomes SRA’s assurance on cold calling ban
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has welcomed an assurance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) that the ban on solicitors’ cold calling for personal injury will not be...
View ArticleInsurers uncover 2,500 fraudulent claims worth £25 million every week
Data published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has found that insurers were uncovering an average of 2,500 fraudulent claims every week in 2015, worth £25 million. According to the ABI,...
View ArticleFlood Re team set to raise awareness about insurance scheme as they tackle...
A Flood Re team has set out from Land’s End on a gruelling 1,120 mile journey to John o’Groats to raise awareness about Flood Re in flood affected areas across the country. The team, which set off on...
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