‘Bill and Mary Nicholson were awarded compensation after the Cedar tree’s roots caused serious damage to their semi-detached £400,000 property’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘One in five people receives an unsolicited, nuisance call every day in a practice fuelled by “ambulance-chasing lawyers,” a report has warned. The compensation culture, which is driven by claims management companies, has soared, despite government attempts to crack down on the practice.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Recoverable after-the-event insurance (ATE) premiums are not incompatible with a publisher’s right to freedom of expression, the High Court has ruled – but it is asking the Supreme Court to resolve the case law tension over recoverable success fees in publications proceedings.’
Litigation Futures, 15th March 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An insurance company which was dilatory in dealing with a personal injury claim and only alleged fraud after default judgment had been entered has been refused relief from sanctions by the Court of Appeal in a decision it acknowledged may seem “harsh”.’
Litigation Futures, 10th March 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A circuit judge has rejected a challenge by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) to a medical negligence ATE insurance premium described by the claimant as a “perfectly normal block policy”.’
Ligitation Futures, 29th February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘It is not uncommon for a lease to impose an obligation on one party or another to insure the subject property against the usual insured risks. But difficult questions can arise when the party placing the insurance is not the party in occupation. When and to what extent can the proceeds be shared? And what impact does such an arrangement have on damage caused by the occupier’s negligence?’
Tanfield Chambers, 9th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘Judy Dawson discusses how a combination of a quick witted insurer claims handler, a tenacious solicitor, and the expertise of the Park Square Barristers Civil Fraud Team led to a successful result against a fraudulent Claimant.’
Park Square Barristers, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The High Court delivered judgment last Friday in Fresca-Judd v Golovina, a test case raising important questions on tenants’ liability for damage to property. Katrina Mather assisted with this case during her twelve month pupillage, and has set out a useful summary of the case, and the issues that flow from it.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 11th February 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Financial Ombudsman Service says claims made through third-party companies much less likely to be upheld.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The FCA may for the first time create special rules to protect the interests of the elderly.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Ms Golvina had rented a cottage from Ms Fresca-Judd. The rent was some £2,800 per month. Ms Golvina was away from the cottage over the Christmas period in 2010 and while she was away, the pipes froze and then burst during a cold snap. The cottage was flooded and the damage caused allegedly amounted to some £128,089.71.’
Nearly Legal, 16th February 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A speeding driver who deployed a James Bond-style smokescreen device in a bid to shake off police has been spared jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Credit hire litigation is rife with technical arguments which have been accused of being “layers of artificiality” (by Judge Mackie in W v Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc [2011] EWHC 2020 (QB), [2012] 1 All E.R. (Comm) 667).’
Zenith PI Blog, 8th February 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Garage in south Wales faked accidents in its yards so that bogus insurance and compensation claims totalling £750,000 could be made.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Smith appealed against the decision of the MIB not to meet his personal injury claim when it was discovered that the First Defendant was an uninsured driver.’
Zenith PI Blog, 20th January 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A newspaper’s right to free expression under article 10 of the European Convention was not breached by being ordered to pay success fees and after-the-event (ATE) insurance premiums, Master Gordon-Saker has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 19th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Five people have been found guilty over the biggest car insurance fraud investigation in the UK. They were convicted of making six insurance claims worth £144,000 between 2009 and 2011. Two were found not guilty.’
BBC News, 17th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has made a major strike against the practice of third-party capture by ordering an insurance company that settled personal injury claims directly with the clients of a law firm to pay the solicitors the costs they would have earned.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd December 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘We look at how the ombudsman deals with complaints about age discrimination.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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