Strategy & Procedure
Approaching 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…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Annual 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.
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Annual 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.
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Better 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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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Shorter working month in February brings lower claims volumes while longer term trends remain stable for RTA but reducing for EL/PL
The release by Claims Portal of the data for February allows an updated assessment of latest trends affecting lower value injury claims.
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Volume of litigated personal injury claims reduces again as reforms continue to impact
The Ministry of Justice have concluded the published data for 2018 by releasing the figures for issued county court claims in Q4. It allows an updated assessment to be made of current trends in…
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January portal data shows monthly new claims numbers increasing though longer term trends remain generally stable as the picture for 2019 starts to be formed
We saw with the MI for December that there were record low levels of new claims entering all of the portals as a continuation of the trend of a reduction in claims activity on the part of claimant…
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