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New report evaluates performance of RTA claims process objectives
Industry News : 17 July 2012
A report commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has compared the management information data of several personal injury claimant solicitor firms and defendant insurers.
Patients at risk when junior doctors start work, admits NHS Medical Director
Industry News : 17 July 2012
Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, has admitted that patients in English hospitals are at risk during the first week of August when junior doctors start their new jobs.
Governments plan to use specialists in diagnosis of whiplash claims supported by leading GP
Industry News : 27 June 2012
The Governments plans to cut the cost of whiplash claims by requiring claimants to undergo examination by a specialist has been supported by top GP Dr Peter Swinyard.
ABSs established to avoid referral fee ban leave SRA powerless
Industry News : 14 June 2012
Preventing the establishment of companies who could get around the ban on referral fees has been described by regulators as something which they would be powerless to.
Law Society seek City firms support for LASPO effect
Industry News : 11 June 2012
The support of big City law firms is being requested by the Law Society for a high-profile initiative which is hoping to help high street practices and their clients meet the challenges that they are now facing due to legal aid cuts.
Portal won’t cope with extension, says Law Society
Industry News : 7 June 2012
An extension will not be supported by the Law Society of the RTA portal until there are major structural changes to the system. The Society has warned the government it will be impossible to extend the portal to include employer and public liability cases.
Regulation of Claims Management Companies set to be tightened following Ministry of Justice consultation
Industry News : 24 May 2012
The Ministry of Justices’ regulation of claims management companies is due to be concentrated on in a planned consultation on how the regulating can be tightened.
Lord Bach: LASPO is ‘outrageous legislation’
Industry News : 9 May 2012
Only days before the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill receives royal assent to become an act, Lord Bach, the peer who led Labour’s opposition to the in the House of Lords has stepped down as shadow legal aid minister.
Insurers promised a crack down on whiplash culture
Industry News : 3 May 2012
Tougher action on the whiplash academic was promised to insurers yesterday at the insurance summit.