DAC Beachcroft establishes base in Northern Ireland
DAC Beachcroft has expanded to North Ireland with the acquisition of professional indemnity, motor and public and employers’ liability claims specialist McKinty and Wright
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NHS fraudster sentenced to five months in prison
A woman has been sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to defraud the NHS of more than £2.3 million in compensation
Slip-and-trip fraudster falls foul of law
A slip-and-trip fraudster has been given a suspended jail sentence of 21 months for pretending to trip over a crate of orange juice cartons in a supermarket and claim for her injuries
Premex+ gets new managing director
The promotion comes after spending 18 years at Premex, whose Premex+ brand provides a specialist service for medicolegal reports in cases of serious injury, clinical negligence claims, and industrial disease
Clocks starts on changes to personal injury discount rate
The lord chancellor and justice minister, David Gauke, will begin the long-awaited review of the personal injury discount rate later today
Woman ‘cuts off’ own hand to make fraudulent claim
A woman in Slovenia has been accused of sawing off her own hand to claim €400,000 (£340,000) in compensation from her insurer
Switalskis recruits traumatic brain injury specialist
Switalskis Solicitors has appointed serious injury and traumatic brain injury claims specialist Ewan Bain in Doncaster
NHS Resolution data dive and mediation dominate discussion at Clinical Negligence Debate
NHS Resolution will continue to collect data and amass a level of granularity that will allow it to carry out a ‘deep dive’ of the information and discover the main causes of claims, attendees heard at the Clinical Negligence Debate
DAC Beachcroft strengthens national claims solutions business with new partner
David Johnson has joined DAC Beachcroft from Weightmans, where he led its political and markets advisory group for four years
Court rules on PPOs for immunotherapy in mesothelioma claims
What is thought to be the first judgement on the issue of PPOs as a mechanism for funding future immunotherapy in mesothelioma claims has been handed down