February
Articles matching "strategic update"
Review of latest portal data, reforms & new Judicial College Guidelines
The Claims Portal data for October 2019 has now been released, with increases in RTA and EL new claims when taken against the prior month. Taken longer term however, the decline in numbers continues,…
Read morePortal 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 new claim numbers. Last month we did mention concern over some of the July figures which was…
Read morePortal 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 MOJ on hand to update both sides of the fence on progress made. Despite the change of Prime…
Read moreIn a month dominated by Discount Rate news, monthly Portal data trends remain remarkably stable
The Claims Portal data for June 2019 has now been released with the strapline being, 'steady as she goes'. RTA new claims continue to drop off very slightly with consistent casualty numbers also.
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Discount Rate: Lord Chancellor sets rate at minus 0.25%
The Lord Chancellor has today announced the outcome of the first discount rate review under the new methodology provided for in the Civil Liability Act 2018.
Read moreMonthly Portal and Quarterly Civil Justice court statistics are released showing interesting trends ahead of the planned reforms in 2020
The release of the Claims Portal data for May and the Government's Civil Justice Statistics on claims issued in the County Court for Q1 2019 allow a further review of current trends in the personal…
Read moreApproaching Civil Liability Act reforms trigger new trends of decreasing claims volumes alongside change of claimant priorities from quantum to costs
The release of the Claims Portal data for April allows a further review of current trends with the Civil Liability Act and associated Small Claims Track reforms now being expected to be 12 months…
Read moreAnnual CRU data allows further insight into new claims volumes while Freedom of Information request shows up challenges faced by the incoming whiplash reforms
The DWP have recently published their annual claims data for 2018/19 which gives an alternative view to current new claims trends to supplement the analysis based on Claims Portal MI.
Read moreAnnual data for end of year 2018/19 shows stable levels of new RTA claims but marginally reducing trends for EL and PL
Claims Portal has released their MI for the month of March which completes the picture for the year 2018/19. We analyse it below for the latest trends.
Read moreBetter late than never: Government to press ahead with Jackson proposals on extension of fixed costs but are the amounts too high?
Over 18 months after receiving the report from Sir Rupert Jackson on extending the use of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) to include most cases worth up to £100,000, the MoJ is finally ready to proceed…
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