Strategy & Procedure
Failure to restore company to the register: appeal judgment supports strike out of deafness claim in light of claimant's defaults
Patrick McBrien of DWF's disease team has succeeded in applying for this occupational deafness claim to be struck out and then more recently in resisting the claimant's appeal against the district…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Civil Liability Bill completes its parliamentary progress as attention turns towards the new claims landscape
Yesterday saw the amendments made to the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Commons agreed to by the House of Lords so that it has now completed its parliamentary process and awaits Royal Assent. It…
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Consistent signs of recovering levels of new claims volumes from latest portal data
Claims Portal have released their data for the month of October which shows that despite the Civil Liability Bill obtaining its Third Reading and moving towards Royal Assent via Ping Pong on 20…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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The Discount Rate: The Channel Islands lead again
Is 26 October 2018 the date when personal injury practitioners and insurers finally marked a rebalancing of the debate on discount rates that has been rumbling on for far too long?
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Civil Liability Bill: House of Commons final stages passed with clear majorities despite concerns
Yesterday the Civil Liability Bill successfully passed through its remaining stages in the House of Commons and now enters ping pong between the Commons and the House of Lords who will consider the…
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Latest new claims intake data shows RTA and PL claims continuing to move towards stable levels while incoming reforms explain trend of increasing EL volumes
We return again to the MI released by Claims Portal and look at what the data for the month of September tells us about current claims trends.
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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More signs of move towards stabilising volumes from August portal data amid a mixed set of figures
As the Civil Liability Bill completed Committee Stage on 11 September and we await the date for its Report Stage, we look to see what an analysis of the Claims Portal data for August adds not only to…
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