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A tale of LASPO and woe
Over on our Industrial Disease blog, you might have read about the LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders) Bill's ping pong session through the Houses of Parliament.
Last week, the Bill achieved Royal Assent and will now become law. It aims to save £350m...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
What's wrong with Personal Injury ads?
I realise that, to many, that's going to sound like a rhetorical question. And indeed, 65% of respondents to a recent YouGov poll have said that Personal Injury TV adverts should be banned.
That figure is certainly quite a blow to us in the Personal Injury business, but (and we...
