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Could rioters make a Personal Injury claim?
I've been, like I'm sure many of you, following the discussions arising from last August's riots, and potential new procedures and legislation that will arise as a result.
An article in last Monday's Guardian;...
Accident scene scanners; helping us to prove liability?
One of the great things about the ongoing advance in technology is that it makes everyone's lives easier and more convenient. For example, thanks to mobile phones, I can get in touch with anyone, whenever I like. E-banking lets me organise my finances without having to be reliant...
Who's paying what to whom?
There's no denying that, in the process of gaining the best compensation possible for our clients, we make some money too. While our older Partners still have vivid memories of the swinging sixties and peace and free love, sadly, a business can't operate on altruism alone if it wants to...
Wanted: A seat at the table
Last week, David Cameron sat down and met with members of the insurance industry at 10 Downing Street to thrash out a possible way of cracking down on the so-called compensation culture currently plaguing the country by seriously tackling whiplash claims.
The classic tea and biscuits...
Why settle for anything else than a four year battle with the defendant?
I rarely read newspapers because I've noticed an increasing trend towards sensationalism in most of them over recent years, however our resident PR/Media guru Danielle Gibson keeps us all up to date on what is being written about the Personal Injury industry. I am a senior associate at JMW and...
Another Day, Another Go At Whiplash Claimants…
I, like many of my colleagues, read this morning's news with frustration, where whiplash victims are once again being attacked and the legal industry looks to bear the brunt of the blame for rising car insurance costs.
Today, MPs have called for action on "spiralling whiplash...
Darren Bent + Aston Martin DB9 + Insurers = An Interesting Court of Appeal Case
Footballers, fast cars, financial disputes; the case of Darren Bent and his credit hire legal wrangle has all the ingredients normally present in stories Bent and his Premiership colleagues are accustomed to providing the tabloids. But this case is altogether more complex than the usual...
