‘Colin Poole, the former chief executive of Claims Direct and a struck-off solicitor, has won a High Court battle with shareholders over an alleged £21m debt.’
Legal Futrues, 4th September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to explore whether to use its power to cap the fees charged by personal injury claims management companies (CMCs), it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 24th June 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The updated Pensions Scam Industry Group (PSIG) code of practice (107 page / 2.6MB PDF) includes a number of changes, such as guidance designed to help trustees and providers deal with claims management companies and updates on how to notify the UK’s fraud reporting centre Action Fraud of scams.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th June 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Compensation claims management firms looking for the next big earner after the PPI scandal have been accused of bombarding the much-criticised payday lending sector with complaints that are often spurious and sometimes without the knowledge of borrowers.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Complaints against payday lenders have soared to a five year high, the industry watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 15th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a claims management company whose advertising implied that birth injuries were only caused by medical negligence.’
Litigation Futures, 1st May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will become responsible for the regulation of claims management companies in Great Britain from April this year in a move broadly welcomed within the insurance sector. Legislation implementing the reforms provides some details on how the new regime will work.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who passed on thousands of an accident repair company’s customer records to claims management companies has been jailed in a landmark prosecution.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The rhetoric is heating up ahead of the second reading of the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Commons next week, with the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) and Association of British Insurers (ABI) both speaking out yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The big claims management companies (CMCs) will be hit hardest by fee increases planned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to fund the £17m cost of their new regulatory regime, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More types of poor conduct by claimant solicitors in the holiday sickness market have been uncovered, their regulator has warned.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the more stringent regime it intends to apply to claims management companies (CMCs) when it takes over their regulation on 1 April 2019.’
Legal Futures, 6th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The decision of the Court of Appeal in the cases of Aktas v Adepta [2010] EWCA Civ 1170 sets a demanding test for Defendants seeking to strike out “second” Claim Forms where service of a “first” Claim Form has failed.’
Zenith PI, 5th March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The government yesterday rejected criticism that its proposed ban on cold-calling did not go far enough and voted it into the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.’
Legal Futures, 7th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A north-west law firm has been rebuked after paying more than £200,000 to an unauthorised claims management company for personal injury (PI) referrals.’
Legal Futures, 31st January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government was accused yesterday of “pulling its punches” and “shilly shallying” over introducing a ban on cold-calling for personal injury (PI) claims.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Justice minister Lord Keen said today that if the government’s personal injury reforms lead to greater involvement by “good” claims management companies (CMCs), it could be “beneficial” for the market.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused both sides permission to inspect other parties’ documents ahead of a high profile £126m civil case over inflated credit hire charges.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th January 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘British consumers were bombarded with 2.2bn nuisance phone calls and texts from pensions, PPI and cash-for-crash claims firms last year, according to an analysis of Ofcom data.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has rejected an application for relief from sanctions from claimants found to be in “serious and substantial” default by serving their particulars of claims three months late.’
Litigation Futures, 10th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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