July
Government remain bullish on whiplash reform, but with an extended timeline
On Monday night the government published their response to the Justice Select Committee's report on the Small Claims Limit for Personal Injury and in doing so announced a delay in the implementation…
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Are Claims Control and Co-operation Clauses illegal in Peru?
In this article we look at the legality of claims control and co-operation clauses ("CCCs") in Peru against the context of a fundamental principle of Peruvian insurance law, that is, that the payment…
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When an accident is just an accident: first judicial guidance on ERRA
Seema Bains Partner in DWF's London office and Nigel Lewers of 12 King's Bench Walk acted for an employer and their insurers, in what we believe to be the first reported case to consider the…
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Osseointegration
As regular readers will know I recently had the opportunity to attend Dorset Orthopaedics catastrophic injury conference in Farnborough.
Read more(Not, in fact) Futile Devices
Some 18 months ago, we wrote an article entitled 'Futile Devices', setting out the Court of Appeal's views on the vexed question of the effectiveness of 'No oral modification' ('NOM') clauses in…
Read moreAn unconvincing performance in a plotline full of holes
DWF has successfully obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a claimant who was found to have fabricated the vast majority of a personal injury claim for £850,000 following what was…
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