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Unclear Payment Provisions Cost Architect Dear

The contract is an important document that underpins the legal relationship between parties. Many pr…
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NIHL Claims: Court of Appeal guidance on adverse inferences from absence of noise surveys

The Court of Appeal has recently provided a unanimous decision on whether adverse inferences can be …
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Future loss of earnings: Court of Appeal rules on appropriateness of Blamire award

Tonya Baxter reviews the Court of Appeal decision in Irani v Duchon (2019) providing a useful remind…
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Motor liability: extent of driver's duty to drunk passenger examined

Catherine Kober, Director together with Katie Lacey of DWF's London Office and Marcus Dignum of 12 K…
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QOCS and fundamental dishonesty: the implications of withholding disclosure in a credit hire claim

DWF and QBE have successfully obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a claimant for fa…
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Strategy & Procedure

The release of the Claims Portal data for May and the Government'…
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Catastrophic Injury

The latest High Court decision on fundamental dishonesty is inter…
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Professional Indemnity

In Hanbury & Ors v Hugh James [2019] EWHC 1074 (QB), the defendan…
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Motor

Amy Jeffs and Charlie Mahoney consider the Court of Appeal's judg…
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Fraud

DWF working with Allianz Insurance has succeeded in obtaining a f…
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Disease

After a turbulent few years in the disease claims market, charact…
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Liability

Earlier this month the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Be…
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Commercial Insurance

Between 1930 and 2016, anyone looking to make a claim against a d…
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Costs

The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in Herbert v H…
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Local Authority

Paul Donnelly and David Weir consider the implications of the dec…
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Scotland

A consultation was launched this month along with a draft Member'…
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Strategic updates

December portal data analysis, reforms update, and case law/legislation watch

Portal Data annual RTA trend shows static numbers around 700,000 per annum, whilst no news could be bad news on the whiplash reforms with no rules or regulations yet published - and 10 weeks to go until the April implementation date...

The Claims Portal data for December 2019 has now been released and whilst the numbers for December a…
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Portal data for November 2019 and Civil Justice data continue downward trend. Election landslide for the Conservatives means the question is "when" not "if" for the whiplash reforms

The Claims Portal data for November 2019 has now been released, along with the Civil Justice data fo…
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Review of latest portal data, reforms & new Judicial College Guidelines

New Judicial College Guidelines have been published as we await the Election outcome to see how the Civil Liability Act will progress, whilst Portal Data released for October 2019 displays an upturn in numbers.

The Claims Portal data for October 2019 has now been released, with increases in RTA and EL new clai…
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Portal Data for August 2019 shows steady volumes with Brexit uncertainty reaching fever pitch

The Claims Portal data for August 2019 has now been released, with some reductions in RTA and EL/PL …
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Portal Data for July 2019 shows declining claims volumes in the shadow of political uncertainty

Since our last update, an MIB whiplash reforms seminar was held on 30th July, with both the MIB and …
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Unclear Payment Provisions Cost Architect Dear

NIHL Claims: Court of Appeal guidance on adverse inferences from absence of noise surveys

Future loss of earnings: Court of Appeal rules on appropriateness of Blamire award

Motor liability: extent of driver's duty to drunk passenger examined

QOCS and fundamental dishonesty: the implications of withholding disclosure in a credit hire claim

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Strategy & Procedure

Catastrophic Injury

Professional Indemnity

Motor

Fraud

Disease

Liability

Commercial Insurance

Costs

Local Authority

Scotland

Strategic updates

December portal data analysis, reforms update, and case law/legislation watch

Portal Data annual RTA trend shows static numbers around 700,000 per annum, whilst no news could be bad news on the whiplash reforms with no rules or regulations yet published - and 10 weeks to go until the April implementation date...

Portal data for November 2019 and Civil Justice data continue downward trend. Election landslide for the Conservatives means the question is "when" not "if" for the whiplash reforms

Review of latest portal data, reforms & new Judicial College Guidelines

New Judicial College Guidelines have been published as we await the Election outcome to see how the Civil Liability Act will progress, whilst Portal Data released for October 2019 displays an upturn in numbers.

Portal Data for August 2019 shows steady volumes with Brexit uncertainty reaching fever pitch

Portal Data for July 2019 shows declining claims volumes in the shadow of political uncertainty

Welcome

News and Updates

Focus on innovation

Hot off the Press

Topics

Strategic updates

Portal Data annual RTA trend shows static numbers around 700,000 per annum, whilst no news could be bad news on the whiplash reforms with no rules or regulations yet published - and 10 weeks to go until the April implementation date...

New Judicial College Guidelines have been published as we await the Election outcome to see how the Civil Liability Act will progress, whilst Portal Data released for October 2019 displays an upturn in numbers.

An update on significant cases and appeals to watch out for