Kennedys appoints first global managing partner
Kennedys has appointed Sheffield-born and based Suzanne Liversidge as its first global managing partner
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DAC Beachcroft recruits seven-strong team
DAC Beachcroft has recruited an insurance team from Norton Rose Fulbright in London. The seven-strong team of senior insurance lawyers will join Liam O’Connell
DWF automates fixed recoverable costs claims
Law firm DWF has developed an automated costs system using its EvoClaim software platform to process fixed recoverable costs claims
Former AIG claims handler jailed for fraud
James Beaver was sentenced to two years in prison for the fraud he carried out while working as a claims handler at AIG and following his dismissal
Discount rate change a mixed bag of risks and returns
The recent change to the personal injury discount rate means claimants are still worse off, but just not as much as they could have been
Slater and Gordon UK returns to profitability
Slater and Gordon UK has returned to profitability following a period of stabilisation, restructuring and strategic investment
Frenkel Topping: New rate, new certainty
Mark Holt, managing director of personal injury settlement specialist Frenkel Topping and leading authority on the Ogden rate, reacts to the government’s decision to set it at -0.25%
NHS claims steady but costs rise, reports NHS Resolution
Clinical negligence claims against the NHS are falling as a proportion of the number of treatment episodes, but concerns remain about rising costs, according to NHS Resolution’s annual report and accounts
Clinical Negligence Debate 2020 confirmed
The Clinical Negligence Debate is returning to The Midland Hotel in Manchester next year. The day-long conference is taking place on 20 February 2020
More reaction to discount rate change
Reaction to yesterday’s change to the personal injury discount rate is continuing to pour in, with insurers, law firms, trade groups and other organisations split on whether the UK government went far enough