Pre-medical Offers Are Not Just Confined To Low Value Claims
From a personal injury perspective there have of course been many more changes, such as the predictive cost regime, the MOJ Portal and now the expansion of the portal for EL/PL claims. At the same...
View ArticleELF & Safety? – Its Not All Ben Elf & Nanny Plum!
In recent times the legislation has come under significant and sustained attack by the Conservative Coalition led government, the popularist stories and political rhetoric expounded through the likes...
View ArticleHiked Court Fees; the consequential detriment to clients, solicitors, and the...
Disbursements and fees such as court hearing fees, listing fees and all the applications in between are part of the reason why a claimant will instruct solicitors; not only to handle their case with...
View ArticleSocial Media, the Internet and Insurance Companies
The photos of you looking slightly worse for wear after a few drinks at the weekend shared on Facebook could be viewed by people you don’t know, worse still, by employers, clients and business...
View ArticleTo Be ‘Impecunious’ Or Not To Be, That Is The Question…
The majority of people who bring claims for credit hire charges and even many employed within the law industry itself will have never even heard of the term ‘impecuniosity’ let alone know the meaning....
View ArticleMind Our Four Legged Friends
Is riding on the road as safe as we think? The British Horse Society considers horse related traffic accidents to be ‘significantly under reported’; a view supported by the Hospital Episode Statistics...
View ArticleDriverless Cars: “The Future” and a potential litigation nightmare?
The law students among us will no doubt have had the ‘pleasure’ of experiencing the cases of Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl [1983] 2 AC 34 and Entores v Miles Far East Co. [1955] 2 QB 327. Both these...
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Cyclists – Is The Bike Always Right?
According to the Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents, over 19,000 cyclists were involved in Road Traffic Accidents in 2013, with 3000 cyclists killed or seriously injured. But these...
View ArticleGoing to see a man about a dog
Road Traffic Accidents involving dogs are a worrying thought for pet owners and can be just as worrying for drivers. The thought of bones and soft tissue versus a propelled machine is a chilling...
View ArticleCrew sickness confusion: The Marchbanks v Virgin Atlantic Myth
Embed from Getty Images Last year’s Supreme Court verdict in the case of Huzar v Jet2.com brought much needed clarity around EU Regulation 261/2004, and more specifically, a better understanding of...
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