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Update | RTA: Retrospective fraud claims

Though lawyers should exercise caution in bringing retrospective fraud claims, with sufficient evidence they can be a powerful tool in the fight against staged accidents, says Roger Cooper

Pared down portal fees 'high but acceptable', FOIL says

Insurance lawyers call on MoJ not to increase them

MoJ confirms rethink on timetable for RTA portal extension

Details to be announced in New Year

Anger over RTA small claims plan

New 5,000 limit would force whiplash victims to represent themselves

FOIL attacks whiplash report

Row over figures after claim that only 40 out of 4,000 people in APIL survey were victims

BTE could do more harm than good

Michael Williamson warns that legal expenses insurance may not fill the gaps left by the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act

Folk law | Look before you leap

Baron Hore-Belisha's brush with death on the highway led to a change in the law that is still with us today 


Update | Road traffic: illegality as a defence

Roger Cooper reviews the circumstances where illegality can be used as a defence