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It's "Silly Season"
July and August are notorious for being 'quiet months' in the world of journalism. It's why we get stories like "Benson, Britain's Best Loved Carp 1984-2009”, 'vital' information about Dolphin sign language and the sighting of constellations that represent the face of Victor...
Lights, camera, action – hooray for JMW-wood!
If you'd happened to pass by the JMW offices during late April and May, you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a film set.
That's because JMW has played host to not one, but two TV production shoots, organised through the Personal Injury department. The first was for national...
Pragmatism will keep costs down…as long as insurers remember this too
As we all know, the LASPO Bill has received royal assent and the dramatic changes to our civil justice system are going to happen whether we like it or not. According to LJ Jackson and the government, changes are essential to tackle the spiralling costs of claims and the compensation...
Negligent fitting of contraceptive coils leads to compensation pay-outs for victims
Yesterday the Guardian reported the issue of mistakes made by GPs when fitting contraceptive coils leading to large medical negligence compensation pay-outs for victims.
The article is based on data from the Medical Defence Union, which studied 96 medical negligence cases involving a...
Chandler v Cape - A fantastic result for mesothlioma sufferers
The case of the mesothelioma sufferer has been hit fairly hard recently, what with Jonathan Djanogly's snickering at the pain the sufferers of this disease experience, at the same time as he's attempting to remove their opportunity to have their cases resolved on a no win, no fee basis. ...
Mesothelioma sufferers dealt a blow as positive LASPO amendment gets overturned
We read with dismay yesterday the article from leading legal commentator, Neil Rose, in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/apr/18/personal-injury-cases-not-dead-yet
On Wednesday night, the government rejected an amendment that would have allowed mesothelioma...
Don’t blame claimants for claiming compensation!
It will happen every few months that a story such as the one below will break in the news, where a group of individuals was awarded a huge sum of money the previous year, thanks to personal injury claims. It will be implied that it is a disgrace that such a large sum of money has been...
