Covid-19 protocol to protect access to justice receives significant support
More than 155 organisations have signed up to a protocol designed to protect access to justice for injured claimants in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak
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APIL and FOIL agree on practices during pandemic
APIL and FOIL have agreed on a set of standard practices to help injured claimants and defendants during the disruption of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
Transparency of legal services comparison platform could be good for claims
Will compelling firms to appear on a comparison platform work for the claims sector? Andy Cullwick, head of marketing at First4Lawyers, takes a look
Whiplash portal delay less of a surprise than ADR decision
A delay to the introduction of the whiplash portal was inevitable. But dropping alternative dispute resolution from the new system was not
ExamWorks UK acquires medicolegal reporting organisation
ExamWorks UK, the owner of Premex Services and Kindertons Accident Management, has added a MedCo tier 2 medicolegal reporting organisation to its brand portfolio
Community service for man caught on CCTV injuring himself
A man has been sentenced to community service after CCTV caught him purposely banging his knee five times on a paving stone in order to make a fake injury claim
MoJ delays introduction of whiplash claims portal
The Ministry of Justice’s decision to delay the launch of the new whiplash claims portal until 1 August has been welcomed
DAC Beachcroft appoints catastrophic injury specialist
DAC Beachcroft has appointed catastrophic injury claims specialist Kate Oldroyd as a partner in its national claims solutions group
Clinical negligence sector must prioritise patients and medical professionals
The aims of improving patient safety and reducing clinical negligence claims drove discussion at the Clinical Negligence Debate yesterday
Supreme Court denies MiB private land ruling appeal
The UK Supreme Court has rejected the Motor Insurers’ Bureau’s (MiB) appeal against a landmark ruling to support road accident victims injured on private land