News & Updates
Paper trail can be the right path
Can an insurance broker's duty to elicit information and advise be discharged by standard written documents? Cases such as Environcom had suggested not, but Avondale Exhibitions Limited v Arthur J.…
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Discount Rate New proposals for setting the rate in Scotland
We now have the Scottish Government's proposals for taking forward reform of the discount rate in Scotland, in the form of a new Bill, as well as supporting material including a Policy Memorandum…
Read moreIn the Know?
Nobu Su v (1) Clarksons Platou Futures Limited (2) Mr Vassillis Karakoulakis [2018] is the latest Court of Appeal decision to consider the meaning of "knowledge" under s.14A of the Limitation Act.…
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Return of the Jedi
Given the @BIRGarage 's efforts to boldly go where no legal business has gone before I'm sure to have created confusion in my sci-fi metaphors by titling this article 'Return of the Jedi'
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Latest portal data suggests trend of reducing RTA volumes may be coming to an end while PSLA hits record levels
The release of May's portal data allows an updated review of the latest claims trends and demonstrates the emergence of what are likely to be new trends which can be set against the back drop of the…
Read moreCivil Liability Bill House of Lords Report stage: what the press didn't report and what's outstanding
It is fair to say that the whiplash provisions of the Civil Liability Bill have had star billing in the reporting of the recent House of Lords stages and those in Legal Futures and the Gazette were no…
Read moreCivil Liability Bill - first significant government concession sees whiplash definition moved into the Bill
The Civil Liability Bill returns to the House of Lords next Tuesday 12 June to begin its report stage.
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Commission proposes to clarify Motor Insurance Directive to maintain Vnuk ruling
The European Commission has released the outcome of deliberations on the operation of the scope of the Motor Insurance Directive ("the Directive") which it began following the highly publicised CJEU…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Data Protection Act 2018: What is it and what does it mean for insurance?
The Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) gained Royal Assent on the 23 May 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Act 1998, with the aim of modernising our data protection laws. We take a look at some…
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