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Do ABSs and Jackson make you want to get out of PI? This site will arrange it in a month
Tuesday, 19 April 2011A new website called “We buy any files” is keen to acquire business from practices looking to shed personal injury work ahead of alternative business structures and the Jackson reforms. Meanwhile, a survey of consumers has highlighted dissatisfaction with the PI claims system, and leading legal expenses insurer DAS has hit back at yesterday’s report on BTE insurance.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, claims management companies, legal expenses insurance, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, News
Bott: “dumbed down” ABSs can be quick and wrong, lawyers can be quick and right
Friday, 15 April 2011New “dumbed-down” entrants to the personal injury market will be “quick and wrong”, whereas lawyers can be “quick and right”, the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has claimed. David Bott said claimants might prefer to deal with a “new breed of dumbed-down, legal ‘light’ adviser” – at least at first.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, News
Eclipse is leading the way in A2A
Friday, 1 April 2011Leading case management software provider Eclipse Legal Systems has announced successful rollout of its A2A “release 1” update.
Tags: personal injury, Technology
Posted in Uncategorized
Costs reform? ABSs are the big picture here
Wednesday, 30 March 2011In truth there were no great surprises in the litigation costs announcements yesterday. The claimant lobbying effort has been significant but apparently to no avail and as generally expected Lord Justice Jackson will see his recommendations implemented.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, claims management companies, Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in Blog
Litigation reforms mean less work but better cash flow for lawyers, government predicts
Wednesday, 30 March 2011Law firms face a reduction in work as a result of the latest reforms to civil litigation, government documents have predicted. Impact assessments accompanying yesterday’s consultation on reform of the county courts say they will lead to “reduced levels of legal services business”.
Tags: Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in News
Govt to implement Jackson and reform county court – but “solicitors will adapt”
Tuesday, 29 March 2011Lord Justice Jackson’s blueprint to reform the cost of civil litigation is to be implemented almost in full, Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke announced today, with the government predicting that law firms will adapt to retain their profitability, and that it may encourage new players into the market.
Tags: Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in News
The future for personal injury practice set to become clearer today
Tuesday, 29 March 2011Personal injury lawyers will today get a stronger vision of the future of their practices when the Ministry of Justice unveils the way forward on its reform of civil litigation costs. Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke will make a statement today outlining its response to the green paper consultation. Check back on Legal Futures after 3.30pm.
Tags: Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in News
Extending PI claims process by next April cannot be done, says portal chief
Monday, 28 March 2011Government plans to extend the electronic claims portal to cover all fast-track personal injury claims cannot be achieved by the deadline of next April, the man likely to be charged with doing it has told Legal Futures.
Tags: Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in News
Exclusive: Ambitious plan to pull together major anti-Jackson coalition fails
Wednesday, 23 March 2011An ambitious bid to build a coalition of claimant personal injury interests to offer the government a compromise on the Jackson report has failed, Legal Futures can reveal. Those involved included the Law Society, APIL and TUC.
Tags: Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in News
MPs tell insurers to improve referral fee transparency or face government action
Friday, 11 March 2011MPs today called on insurers to be much more transparent with policyholders about the “merry-go-round” of referral fees in their motor business – and for the government to step in if the industry fails to take action by the end of next year.
Tags: Legal Services Board, personal injury, referral fees
Posted in Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
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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.
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.
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