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£100,000 fine for company that made nuisance PI calls
Friday, 3 August 2018A marketing company that made nuisance personal injury calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service has been fined £100,000.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
FCA will have power to cap personal injury CMCs’ fees
Tuesday, 31 July 2018The Financial Conduct Authority will have the power to cap the fees of personal injury CMCs, although there is currently no need, says the Treasury.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers
Appeal court rejects firm’s £4.5m claim over “missing referrals”
Friday, 27 July 2018A personal injury law firm has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that dismissed its £4.5m claim over referrals from an insurer that did not materialise.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Finance, Latest news
Labour MPs step up opposition to Civil Liability Bill
Thursday, 26 July 2018Some 35 Labour MPs have signed an early day motion in Parliament calling on the government to withdraw its planned increase in the small claims limit for personal injury.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
MPs call for proper explanation of small claims rise
Tuesday, 24 July 2018MPs on the justice select committee have called on the government to explain why it considers the proposed increase in the small claims limit to £5,000 “proportionate”.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Legal Ombudsman misses targets as number of complaints rises
Thursday, 19 July 2018The Legal Ombudsman badly missed its targets over the last year following an unexpected surge in complex complaints against lawyers.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Legal Ombudsman
What do the whiplash reforms mean for children?
Wednesday, 18 July 2018An element of the reforms contained in the Civil Liability Bill which seems to be flying mostly under the radar is the effect this will have on children.
Tags: Claim Technology, personal injury
Posted in Blog
All sides welcome whiplash reform delay
Wednesday, 18 July 2018There was surprising unanimity yesterday in support of the Ministry of Justice’s decision to delay implementation of its whiplash reforms by a year to April 2020.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Whiplash reforms delayed a year to April 2020
Tuesday, 17 July 2018Implementation of the government’s whiplash reforms is to be delayed by a year to April 2020, the Ministry of Justice has announced, with the new online portal tested six months earlier.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
MoJ warns solicitors and CMCs against new holiday claim surge
Friday, 13 July 2018The Ministry of Justice has warned solicitors and CMCs that it will act if they move on from gastric illness to target other types of package holiday injury claims.
Tags: personal injury
Posted in Latest news