Strategy & Procedure
Annual data for end of year 2018/19 shows stable levels of new RTA claims but marginally reducing trends for EL and PL
Claims Portal has released their MI for the month of March which completes the picture for the year 2018/19. We analyse it below for the latest trends.
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Better late than never: Government to press ahead with Jackson proposals on extension of fixed costs but are the amounts too high?
Over 18 months after receiving the report from Sir Rupert Jackson on extending the use of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) to include most cases worth up to £100,000, the MoJ is finally ready to proceed…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Shorter working month in February brings lower claims volumes while longer term trends remain stable for RTA but reducing for EL/PL
The release by Claims Portal of the data for February allows an updated assessment of latest trends affecting lower value injury claims.
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Volume of litigated personal injury claims reduces again as reforms continue to impact
The Ministry of Justice have concluded the published data for 2018 by releasing the figures for issued county court claims in Q4. It allows an updated assessment to be made of current trends in…
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January portal data shows monthly new claims numbers increasing though longer term trends remain generally stable as the picture for 2019 starts to be formed
We saw with the MI for December that there were record low levels of new claims entering all of the portals as a continuation of the trend of a reduction in claims activity on the part of claimant…
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Government response on LASPO review allows assessment of the current state of the litigation reform process
As we know, the Civil Liability Act 2018 is now on the statute book and of course sets out a new legal basis for handling whiplash claims, and it together with Small Claims Track changes which will…
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December portal data shows impact of Christmas holidays causing lower claims intakes across the board though longer term stability in volumes remains
On a month by month basis there were significantly reduced new claims volumes in December. RTA decreased by 23.7% while across the casualty portals the decreases were PL 33.3%, EL 29.3% and EL disease…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Reports of substantial reduction in litigation rates for personal injury claims may be exaggerated
At the end of last year the Ministry of Justice released its quarterly litigation data for Q3 of 2018 which showed a further reduction in the number of personal injury claims which reached the stage…
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