Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence
PI market consolidates as big firms take large market share
There has been a “significant” drop in the number of high street law firms offering personal injury services, while the market is concentrating among a few large firms, new research has found.
Parents of dying baby “should have had adjournment” after lawyers withdrew
A High Court judge was wrong to refuse an adjournment sought by parents of a brain-damaged baby who lost their legal representation shortly before a hearing on withdrawing treatment.
Hostile foreign powers “could flood OIC with fraudulent claims”
“Potentially hostile foreign powers” could identify weaknesses in the Official Injury Claim portal and flood it with “fraudulent claims”, a report has warned.
Firm had no duty to advise prospective client before CFA was signed
Leading law firm Irwin Mitchell was not under a duty to advise a prospective client to notify their travel agent about an accident on holiday until the retainer was signed, the High Court has ruled.
Firm uses AI to spot high-value personal injury claims in portals
Insurance specialist firm Horwich Farrelly has developed an automated system which uses AI to help insurers identify potentially high-value personal injury claims in portals for low-value cases.
The OIC effect? Number and value of motor fraud claims fall
The volume and value of motor insurance claim frauds fell last year, which also covered the first seven months of the Official Injury Claim portal.
Clinical negligence leader sees results from “fast and fair” approach
The use of “fast and fair resolution” meetings has allowed the law firm that runs more clinical negligence cases than any other to settle a higher-than-average number.
Frozen personal injury fixed costs need “immediate review”
Many fixed recoverable costs for personal injury cases have not been increased since 2013 and are in need of “immediate review”, the Association of Consumer Support Organisations has said.
Inadequate medical reports causing “unnecessary” OIC disputes
Inadequate medical reports for claims pursued via the Official Injury Claim portal are causing unnecessary disputes over non-tariff injuries, a leading defendant law firm has said.
OIC mixed claims: 14 months on and still no nearer the Court of Appeal
Little progress has been made in the plan to take test cases of so-called mixed claims from the Official Injury Claim portal to the Court of Appeal, it admitted yesterday.
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The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
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Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
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