Watchstone Group says Slater and Gordon’s warranty claim has “no merit”
Watchstone Group, the company formerly known as Quindell, has said that the legal action being threatened by Slater and Gordon against has “no merit”. The Australian firm, which bought Quindell’s legal...
View ArticleTwo new partners for Express Solicitors
Express Solicitors has promoted both Leanne Rowley and Robert Weeden to associate partner. Rowley started her legal career in the new client team at Express Solicitors seven years ago. She now works in...
View ArticleThe curious case of MedCo
Ever since the Government launched its medical reporting portal for low value personal injury claims in motor accidents, it has been dogged by controversy. Will it be able to save its tarnished...
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When Facebook said no to Admiral
Andy Cullwick, head of marketing at First4Lawyers, on a new low for insurers following attempts by Admiral to gather more information about potential new customers on social media When Admiral...
View ArticleAccess to Justice group asks for more time to consider whiplash consultation...
The Access to Justice group has asked the Government for more time to answer the consultation on reform to the small claims PI sector. The group, which met the Ministry of Justice last week, believes...
View ArticleNHS Litigation Authority launches mediation service in bid to reduce litigation
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) has launched a mediation service as it looks to stem rising costs of litigation. Following a public tender and successful pilot , NHS LA hopes that the new service...
View ArticleNational broker joins forces with Winn Solicitors to provide front line...
Collingwood Business Solutions has joined forces with Winn Solicitors to provide a first class front line claims management service to its customers. The specialist service provider to the insurance...
View ArticleHigh Court restores balance in product liability claims in hip replacement...
The High Court has ruled that just because a product has caused an injury does not automatically lead to a successful product liability claim. Kennedys, which acted for the defendant on the case,...
View ArticleFletchers partners with Liverpool University in bid to improve client...
Fletchers Solicitors has partnered with the University of Liverpool in an attempt to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its practice in order to improve the service it can offer clients. The...
View ArticleWhiplash claims doctor ordered to pay legal costs in first case of its kind...
A doctor who exaggerated medical evidence in a large number of road traffic accident (RTA) whiplash cases is to pay an estimated costs bill of £100,000 to Ageas and its solicitors BLM. In a legal...
View ArticleGovernment to move Telephone Preference Service from Ofcom to the Information...
The Government is to transfer the ownership of the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) from Ofcom to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in an attempt to make it easier to crackdown on nuisance...
View ArticleAPIL forces Lord Chancellor to act on discount rate for personal injury...
A threat of legal action from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has forced a review of the discount rate for personal injury claims by the Lord Chancellor. Treasury solicitors have told...
View ArticleACL finds very little enthusiasm among costs professionals for the new...
There is very little enthusiasm among costs professionals for the new electronic format of the bill of costs, a survey by the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has found. There has been virtually no...
View ArticleProminent claimant lawyer invites Liz Truss to meet the injured people who...
One of the country’s most experienced claimant personal injury lawyers, Patrick Allen, has invited Lord Chancellor Liz Truss to meet clients who have brought the kind of claims that will be stifled...
View ArticleTravel industry suffering from an epidemic of fraudulent claims, says BLM
The travel industry is suffering from an epidemic of fraudulent claims according to BLM. The firm has found that almost half of people would consider making a claim for food poisoning even if they...
View ArticleCMA report finds that PI firms are among the worst offenders when it comes to...
A Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) study into the legal services market has found that specialist personal injury firms and departments provide fewer examples of detailed price disclosure when...
View ArticleFletchers named as claims technology pioneer
Fletchers Solicitors has been recognised for its work in claims technology by The Lawyer. The firm, which has offices in Manchester and Southport, and specialises in clinical negligence and serious...
View ArticleBritish Cycling says small claims reforms will block Access to Justice for...
British Cycling has said that it is disappointed by the breadth of the Government’s consultation on reforming the whiplash claims process as it will block Access to Justice for cycle claimants. The...
View ArticleSNS Solicitors offers high quality service with Eclipse’s Proclaim Case...
Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, is implementing its Proclaim Case Management Software solution at SNS Solicitors, a new start-up firm based in Cheshire....
View ArticleNo surprise that data breach claims are being made at a rate of more than one...
It is “no surprise” that data breach claims have reached a frequency of more than one a day according to Vectra Networks. The cyber security company has said that it is seeing growth in corporate cyber...
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