Personal Injury

News

Grant postpones whiplash crackdown

17 May 2013

Impact of Jackson reforms 'needs to be assessed'

Lower damages on the way, Professor Fenn warns

13 May 2013

Jackson's 10 per cent increase in damages not enough to compensate clients

Home secretary must pay solicitor’s fees after client ‘vanished’

9 May 2013

Treasury paid £6,000 for legal costs directly to client

Features

17 May 2013 Update \| Health and safety: effects of section 61, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill and the Deregulation Bill The effects of section 61 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill and the Deregulation Bill on health and safety regulation will be far-reaching...	10 May 2013 Civil conduct \| Doing a disservice to Part 36? A recent decision shows the importance of strict compliance with service formalities when it comes to accepting or withdrawing Part 36 offers, says...	3 May 2013 Update \| Personal injury: secondary victim liability, foreseeability, health and safety Vijay Ganapathy discusses developments in secondary victim liability, foreseeability, and health and safety
1 May 2013 Bar Focus \| Taking stock Unperturbed by the changes sweeping the PI sector, Amanda Yip QC believes those that adopt a pragmatic approach will continue to thrive	26 April 2013 Clarifying Part 36 Simon Gibbs revisits the new detailed assessment process, clears up some confusion and questions whether it will encourage speedy justice	17 April 2013 PI Focus \| Contingency fees: don’t bother or downright brilliant agreements? Once deemed unlawful, damages-based agreements have a chequered past. Greg Cox asks whether Jacksons contingency fees stand to change the PI costs...

Candour in the wind

17 May 2013

The NHS's proposed duty to inform patients of a right to a remedy would be a step in the right direction, says Ian Pryer

The new costs landscape

3 May 2013

A portfolio approach to DBA funding has advantages over the case-by-case model, says Matt Reach

Letting the compensation culture out of jail

24 April 2013

Despite clarifying the law on the imposition on non-party costs orders, Flatman v Germany missed a chance to quell compensatory culture says Kevin Shannon

Court of Appeal reasserts Hillsborough  cases limiting secondary victim claims

10 April 2013

The recent Court of Appeal case reaffirming the limit on secondary victim claims is logical, believes Charles Bagot

Henry ruling ‘does not undermine Jackson’

8 February 2013

In Henry, proceedings developed in a way which no-one could have predicted

LASPO countdown | Shifting the costs burden in clinical negligence cases is unjustified

25 January 2013

Clinical negligence claims are too complex to be processed like ordinary personal injury claims under the new costs regime, says Trevor Ward

17 May 2013 Update \| Health and safety: effects of section 61, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill and the Deregulation Bill The effects of section 61 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill and the Deregulation Bill on health and safety regulation will be far-reaching...	10 May 2013 Civil conduct \| Doing a disservice to Part 36? A recent decision shows the importance of strict compliance with service formalities when it comes to accepting or withdrawing Part 36 offers, says...	3 May 2013 Update \| Personal injury: secondary victim liability, foreseeability, health and safety Vijay Ganapathy discusses developments in secondary victim liability, foreseeability, and health and safety
1 May 2013 Bar Focus \| Taking stock Unperturbed by the changes sweeping the PI sector, Amanda Yip QC believes those that adopt a pragmatic approach will continue to thrive	26 April 2013 Clarifying Part 36 Simon Gibbs revisits the new detailed assessment process, clears up some confusion and questions whether it will encourage speedy justice	17 April 2013 PI Focus \| Contingency fees: don’t bother or downright brilliant agreements? Once deemed unlawful, damages-based agreements have a chequered past. Greg Cox asks whether Jacksons contingency fees stand to change the PI costs...