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Landmark “zero-hours” holiday pay case brought using legal expenses insurance policy
Wednesday, 21 August 2019A landmark Court of Appeal judgment that has provided much-needed clarity about how holiday pay should be calculated for certain types of worker, was brought using a group legal expenses insurance policy.
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The challenges of ATE for clinical negligence cases
Thursday, 4 July 2019ATE Sales Manager, Mike Knight and Head of Claims, Chris Millward talk about the challenges of providing After-The-Event insurance for clinical negligence claims.
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Court backs recoverability of agency fees in PI claims
Tuesday, 16 April 2019Ruling in Beardmore v Lancashire CC in Liverpool County Court, Judge Graham Wood QC rejected the Defendant’s attack on the recoverability of agency fees charged for obtaining medical records in employers’ and public liability cases that have exited the portal process and fall under CPR 45.29I.
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Birth injuries, paternal depression and secondary victim claims
Friday, 12 April 2019When we talk about post-natal depression, we often think of mothers. This is a fair assumption as apparently 1 in 5 women develop mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth. However, we know that dads can suffer from post-natal depression too.
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How After-The-Event insurance helps victims of clinical negligence
Tuesday, 9 April 2019In general individuals buy insurance for peace of mind, hoping that they will not need to make a claim and After-The-Event (ATE) is no different.
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ATE Partnerships – Clarke Willmott
Wednesday, 27 March 2019In our new video, Chris Thorne, Partner & Head of Personal Injury & Medical Negligence at Clarke Willmott and Paul Morgan, ATE Account Manager at ARAG, talk about the partnership between the two firms and why is has been such a successful one.
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ARAG acquires DAS’ operations in the Republic of Ireland and continues to pursue its international expansion course
Thursday, 28 February 2019The ARAG Group continues to move ahead with the internationalisation of its legal insurance business and is now about to launch operations in the Republic of Ireland. To that end, the family-owned enterprise based in Düsseldorf has agreed to acquire the Irish business operations of DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited in the Republic of Ireland which is part of the ERGO Group.
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Price Slater Gawne selects ARAG ATE insurance for clinical negligence cases
Tuesday, 29 January 2019Price Slater Gawne, one of the country’s leading specialist clinical negligence and serious injury law firms, has selected ARAG to provide after-the-event insurance for its Clinical Negligence clients.
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How SCIL aims to make the clinical negligence system fair
Monday, 21 January 2019The Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (SCIL) represent many of the most experienced and dedicated, specialist clinical injury lawyers and law firms in the country.
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ARAG, Guardian and Affiniti offer ATE and disbursement funding solution for firms with smaller clinical negligence and personal injury caseloads
Friday, 14 September 2018Leading legal expenses and assistance provider ARAG has joined with Guardian Legal Services and Affiniti Finance to provide an After-the-Event legal expenses insurance and disbursement funding solution to solicitor firms that handle only a modest number of clinical negligence and other personal injury claims.
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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