The government has announced it will not overturn the House of Lords ruling that compensation is not payable on diagnosis of pleural plaques. It has however announced that it will introduce a scheme to compensate those people whose claims were lodged but not concluded before the 2007 ruling.
End of Trade Unions funding personal injury claims?
Will the introduction of qualified one-way costs shifting allied to other proposals from Lord Jackson mean the end of union backed claimants in personal injury litigation?
Jackson report debated in parliament
The House of Lords has briefly debated the costs report from Lord Jackson. Follow the link to see what they had to say.
Mediation posts from the archive
A look back at articles from the archive of February 2009 covering client care, HSE myth busting and lawyers and negotiation skills.
LinkedIn personal injury group
Introducing a new LinkedIn group for all professionals involved in personal injury claims.
Wildlake v BAA Ltd 2009
Should personal injury claimants who exaggerate their claims be penalised in costs even when they hae beaten the defendants part 36 offer? Lord Justice Ward gives his verdict in Wildlake v BAA Ltd 2009.
Hullock v East Riding of Yorkshire County Council
Once again the question of who was the winner in personal injury litigation was considered by the Court of Appeal in Hullock v East Riding of Yorkshire County Council [2009]. In December 2004 the claimant tripped on a pavement and suffered injuries. She had a fractured hip requiring insertion of a plate and two weeks…
Education key to mediation growth
Follow the link on this page to my latest article in the Personal Injury Brief Update Journal on comments made by Lord Clarke supporting mediation in personal injury litigation.
Jackson Costs review final report
Follow this link to read Lord Justice Jackson’s review of civil costs final report. Feel free to comment below. I have extracted the relevant personal injury parts of the executive summary and will comment on them in future posts. Is your case is suitable for mediation? Call me on 0845 056 3625 for a free…
Beresfords former solicitors lose appeal
Former solicitors lose appeal against being struck off the Roll whilst some MPs call for solicitors to be excluded from proposed scheme for asbestos related pleural plaques compensation.
