Government seeks evidence for whiplash review
Post-implementation review will consider the impact of increasing the small claims track limit to £5,000.
Public spending watchdog calls for clin neg costs curbs
National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
Hospital hit with costs penalty after wrongly alleging dishonesty
Defendants should not be given ‘free tilt’ at raising fundamental dishonesty accusations, judge rules.
PI solicitor struck off for concealing 'catastrophic' medical records
Solicitor of 23 years feared that medical records would open client up to 'fundamental dishonesty' attack.
Clinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
Taking the moral high ground
Law firm Fletchers Group is seeking to enhance the image of the much-maligned claimant PI sector. The firm highlights the socio-economic impact of its work, saving the government millions while securing access to justice.
Psychiatrist negligence did not cause QC’s death
Personal injury.
Whiplash reforms: motorists got pennies, insurers got millions
Promised £35 annual saving turned out to be just £15 — and even that’s debatable.
