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
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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%
First4Lawyers: Consumers could embrace comparison websites for legal services
Comparison websites are a potential revenue stream—and legal services providers need to recognise that consumers want to access support on an initial fee-free basis and to quickly know how much it is going to cost them, writes Andy Cullwick of First4Lawyers
First4Lawyers: The road to reform or ruin?
Claimant solicitors are predicting closures and redundancies as a result of Civil Liability Act reforms, according to the annual State of the Market survey from First4Lawyers
Time will tell on whiplash reform savings
It will be years before the true extent of savings from whiplash reform is revealed, writes Qamar Anwar of First4Lawyers
Augmented analytics: The Human-AI hybrid
Augmented analytics augments human intelligence with AI to produce something all the more immediate and powerful, explains Karim Derrick of Kennedys
Success fees decision leaves bad taste
A recent Court of Appeal decision has left personal injury lawyers in no doubt about what they need to do before setting success fees, writes Qamar Anwar of First4Lawyers
Birth injuries, paternal depression and secondary victim claims
Hector Stamboulieh, in-house counsel at ARAG, examines birth injuries, paternal depression and secondary victim claims
Where there’s a will, there’ll be fraudulent claims
The beginning of this month marked the transition of regulation of claims management companies (CMCs) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and another step on…
First4Lawyers: Qamar Anwar questions part 2 LASPO review
Was part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012 worth the bother, asks Qamar Anwar of First4Lawyers