Strategy & Procedure
Government response on LASPO review allows assessment of the current state of the litigation reform process
As we know, the Civil Liability Act 2018 is now on the statute book and of course sets out a new legal basis for handling whiplash claims, and it together with Small Claims Track changes which will…
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December portal data shows impact of Christmas holidays causing lower claims intakes across the board though longer term stability in volumes remains
On a month by month basis there were significantly reduced new claims volumes in December. RTA decreased by 23.7% while across the casualty portals the decreases were PL 33.3%, EL 29.3% and EL disease…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Reports of substantial reduction in litigation rates for personal injury claims may be exaggerated
At the end of last year the Ministry of Justice released its quarterly litigation data for Q3 of 2018 which showed a further reduction in the number of personal injury claims which reached the stage…
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The Civil Liability Act 2018 arrives but latest Claims Portal data shows a confident market
On the day that the Civil Liability Bill gets Royal Assent and becomes the Civil Liability Act 2018, we look to the Claims Portal data for the month of November and see signs of a recovering claims…
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Failure to restore company to the register: appeal judgment supports strike out of deafness claim in light of claimant's defaults
Patrick McBrien of DWF's disease team has succeeded in applying for this occupational deafness claim to be struck out and then more recently in resisting the claimant's appeal against the district…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Civil Liability Bill completes its parliamentary progress as attention turns towards the new claims landscape
Yesterday saw the amendments made to the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Commons agreed to by the House of Lords so that it has now completed its parliamentary process and awaits Royal Assent. It…
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Consistent signs of recovering levels of new claims volumes from latest portal data
Claims Portal have released their data for the month of October which shows that despite the Civil Liability Bill obtaining its Third Reading and moving towards Royal Assent via Ping Pong on 20…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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