A round-up of the week’s news.
Draft rules yet to be published but officials working towards autumn date.
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers responds to MoJ's call for evidence on reforms to discount rate.
Legal executive did not knowingly mislead over untrue statement in whiplash claim, High Court rules.
by Michael Powers KC and Anthony Barton.
Social media posts by woman who fell from Welsh pier showed a busy social life and little evidence of ongoing disability.
Digital property information protocol, whiplash portal rebuff and remote working and productivity: your letters to the editor.
Partner and head of personal injury, London.
Introducing a no-blame tariff based system for medical errors is misguided and would disbenefit as many as it helps.
Defendant lawyers say costs penalty is a warning against ‘layering’ of RTA claims.
MoJ has agreed to a number of amendments which will come into effect next month.
There are cases where setting an extremely low anchor in a joint settlement meeting is justified, but in the majority of cases it is a poor opening gambit.
Claimant wanted order against his former solicitors as protection against future costs demands.
Claimant group says it would be ‘naive’ not to expect insurers to continue costs fight.