29th November, 2010
The Issue: Liability had been admitted from the outset in a road traffic accident. Could an After the Event Insurance premium taken out after that admission, be recovered? Held: The Defendant in the case had attempted to rely on the often quoted
More...25th November, 2010
I sold my running machine on Ebay for £30.99 last night. The hill function had broken and I (strangely) like running up hills. So thank goodness for the Jackson Report Consultation document. It's like climbing K2 only less straight forward. Here
More...23rd November, 2010
The Issues: These were conjoined appeals where the Claimants had issued proceedings towards the very end of the limitation period but the cases were then struck out because of their solicitors failure to serve the Claim Forms within the 4
More...22nd November, 2010
The Ministry of Justice has issued an impact assessment (www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/ia-qualified-one-way-costs-shifting.pdf) in which they admit for the first time that they believe one way costs shifting will increase the number of claims made
More...19th November, 2010
I was invited to attend a quiz in a local pub last night by a friend. There were nine of us in the team. I think I had been brought in to shore up a perceived weakness in answering questions about After
More...17th November, 2010
As a welcome relief to reading the Consultation Paper, further rumours from the grapevine. Looks like the SRA may have the bit between their, er teeth regarding client risk. We have today heard a rumour that another firm, this time in the
More...16th November, 2010
As expected, the Ministry of Justice has launched its consultation into personal injury claims (including their proposals concerning After the Event Insurance) and has issued a detailed consultation document. All submissions must be made by the 14th Febru
More...16th November, 2010
...and now have a headache. It's 90 pages long (101 if you include the list of questions at the back) and a bit of a strange beast. If it were an animal, I would say it would be a duck
More...15th November, 2010
When I was at school, I used to take in sandwiches for lunch but on Tuesdays, as a 'special treat', I was able to have school dinners. I thought this was a money saving exercise by my mother but it may actually have been to save me from the
More...12th November, 2010
Ouch - I have just had a friend of mine comment that, although my blogs seem professional, I need to sex them up a bit. So here goes.... er, the Jackson report is a threat not only to the rights of individuals
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