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Claimant avoids finding of fundamental dishonesty by the court attributing blame instead to his expert

In the third in a series of recent High Court decisions grappling with the concept of 'fundamental d…
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Court of appeal costs guidance where claimant fails to use MOJ portal

William MacKenzie outlines the findings in the recent Court of Appeal decision in Williams v The Sec…
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Playing Technical Games: CPR Part 6

In February 2018, we reported on the well-publicised Supreme Court decision in Barton v Wright Hass…
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School sport: local authority not liable for primary school pupil injured while taking part in sprint race

In A v London Borough of Southwark, the judge found that taking part in a school sprint race was a d…
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Supreme Court upholds Edmondson v Haven Court of Appeal decision but is its significance about to be overtaken already?

The long-awaited appeal decision in Edmondson v Haven Insurance was handed down on the 18 April 2018…
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Strategy & Procedure

This year the DWP reverted to their previous practice of April be…
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Motor

The long-awaited appeal decision in Edmondson v Haven Insurance w…
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Fraud

In the third in a series of recent High Court decisions grappling…
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Disease

Daren Charlton outlines today's findings in Bussey v Anglia Heati…
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Catastrophic Injury

A study published in the Lancet Psychiatry on Tuesday 10th April …
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Commercial Insurance

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the victim of a road traffic a…
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Costs

William MacKenzie outlines the findings in the recent Court of Ap…
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Liability

A mother who took responsibility for supervising children at a bi…
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Local Authority

In A v London Borough of Southwark, the judge found that taking p…
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Professional Indemnity

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim for professional neglig…
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Scotland

The issue of prescription has long been an important factor in pr…
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Strategic updates

Civil Liability Bill moves forwards to Committee Stage though tweaking may be needed while annual CRU stats confirm RTA claims downturn

This year the DWP reverted to their previous practice of April being the month for publishing the CR…
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End of year Claims Portal data for 2017/18 arrives as MoJ ministers prepare for next week's initial scrutiny of the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Lords

Release of the latest Claims Portal data includes figures for March and so permits an end of year re…
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Civil Liability Bill arrives in a form capable of achieving reform to key issues of whiplash and discount rate

The long-awaited publication of the Civil Liability Bill has taken place. Each of the two parts of t…
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More early signs of stabilising levels of new claims as the time for the Civil Liability Bill draws near

The latest data releases from Claims Portal and from the Ministry of Justice allows us to consider l…
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Supreme Court's decision on non-compliance by litigant in person shows the way towards new court processes capable of applying after whiplash/SCT reform

All eyes were on the Supreme Court this morning to see how its decision in the case of a self-repres…
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Claimant avoids finding of fundamental dishonesty by the court attributing blame instead to his expert

Court of appeal costs guidance where claimant fails to use MOJ portal

Playing Technical Games: CPR Part 6

School sport: local authority not liable for primary school pupil injured while taking part in sprint race

Supreme Court upholds Edmondson v Haven Court of Appeal decision but is its significance about to be overtaken already?

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Strategy & Procedure

Motor

Fraud

Disease

Catastrophic Injury

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Costs

Liability

Local Authority

Professional Indemnity

Scotland

Strategic updates

Civil Liability Bill moves forwards to Committee Stage though tweaking may be needed while annual CRU stats confirm RTA claims downturn

End of year Claims Portal data for 2017/18 arrives as MoJ ministers prepare for next week's initial scrutiny of the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Lords

Civil Liability Bill arrives in a form capable of achieving reform to key issues of whiplash and discount rate

More early signs of stabilising levels of new claims as the time for the Civil Liability Bill draws near

Supreme Court's decision on non-compliance by litigant in person shows the way towards new court processes capable of applying after whiplash/SCT reform

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