Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence


Motor claims fall to new low as self-representation creeps up

4 May 2023

The number of motor injury claims reported to the Compensation Recovery Unit fell to their lowest first-quarter level ever this year, new figures have shown.


APIL in new bid to ban all cold calling

20 April 2023

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is seeking an amendment to a data protection bill currently going through the House of Commons to ban all cold calling.


Law firm to “harness power of ChatGPT” for clinical negligence cases

11 April 2023

The biggest specialist serious injury firm in the country is working on ways to harness the power of technology related to ChatGPT to help it handle medical negligence claims.


CA rejects limitation defence to negligence claim against law firm

27 March 2023

A man who learnt that his lower leg needed amputating seven years after settling his personal injury claim is not prevented by limitation from suing his lawyers for negligence.


Minster and NAHL results highlight changing shape of PI market

22 March 2023

Just 12 law firms are responsible for 83% of claims lodged with the OIC portal as its impact on reshaping the personal injury market is laid clear by the results of leading practices.


Law firm agreed to pay CMC 17.5% of PI fees, High Court rules

6 March 2023

A claims management company had an agreement with a well-known law firm to receive 17.5% of the fees for high-value personal injury cases it referred, the High Court has ruled.


Covid clinical negligence protocol cut number of litigated claims

28 February 2023

A protocol agreed in the wake of Covid-19 to better manage clinical negligence claims during the pandemic is remaining in place after it appeared to reduce the number of contested cases.


Judges urged to call out role of lawyers in “layering” PI claims

23 February 2023

The ruling of a district judge highlighting apparent collusion between solicitors, medical experts and others in inflating a personal injury claim is an important landmark in the fight against fraud.


Law firm “colluded” with medics and others to layer PI claim

21 February 2023

The Solicitors Regulation Authority should investigate a personal injury firm involved in “layering” a claim with further costs, given evidence that this is a pattern of behaviour..


Insurers bid to take mixed injuries argument to Supreme Court

21 February 2023

The insurance industry has sought permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling on mixed injury claims in the Official Injury Claim portal to the Supreme Court.

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