NHS Resolution’s suggestion that it could increase its focus on mediation as a means to resolve expensive clinical negligence claims in the future “certainly makes sense” if the NHS’s legal bill is going to be brought down, according to one lawyer
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to create a service that will direct consumers with pre-existing medical conditions to specialist travel insurance providers
The final sentences have been handed out to the fraudsters behind a large scale crash for cash scam
Qamar Anwar of First4Lawyers hopes the FCA will now be able root out the rotten few CMCs and provide the industry with the credibility it deserves
Eight out 10 motorists would prefer to keep the claims process in its current form rather than see the Civil Liability Bill introduced and compensation drastically reduced, a First4Lawyers survey has found
Medical examiners will investigate deaths in the NHS and the General Medical Council (GMC) will be stripped of its right to appeal fitness-to-practise decisions, following the conclusion of the rapid review of gross negligence manslaughter cases
KPMG must pay a fine of £3.15 million for failures during its audit of Quindell
Claims management companies (CMCs) could be forced to hold capital to cover their liabilities under new proposals designed to strengthen their regulation
Bosses of companies that plague people with unsolicited nuisance calls could be fined as much as £500,000 under new proposals to make them personally liable if their firm breaks the law
A further surge in data breach and other security failure insurance claims is expected when GDPR comes into force tomorrow, after a record 2017 saw as many cyber claim notifications as in the previous four years combined