The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom Constitution – Lecture by Lady Hale
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom Constitution (PDF)
Lecture by Lady Hale
The Bryce Lecture, 5th February 2015
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Category: insurance
Insurance surgery: Up for the challenge – New Law Journal
‘How should local authorities respond to the compensation claims landscape, asks Carol Dalton.’
New Law Journal, 13th February 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: reference by the Counsel General for Wales – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th February 2015
Asbestos NHS costs decision due from Supreme Court – BBC News
‘Firms in Wales whose staff are treated for asbestos-related illnesses are to learn if they must reimburse the NHS.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conditional Fee Agreements – Zenith PI Blog
‘On 27th January 2015, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Cox v Woodlands Manor Care Home Ltd (unreported – approved judgment is awaited) bringing home the importance of CFAs being compliant with the Cancellation of Contracts etc. Regulations 2008 and dealing with the situation where there might be legal expenses insurance cover in the background and how this might affect any CFA entered into.’
Zenith PI Blog, 5th February 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Supreme Court: legal expenses insurance premium could not be recovered with costs – OUT-LAW.com
‘The successful party in a civil court case is not entitled to recover the cost of any ‘after the event’ (ATE) legal expenses insurance premium from an unsuccessful opponent, no mater how “reasonable” it was to have taken out the policy in the first place, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
FCA could call time on PPI claims – The Guardian
‘Britain’s financial watchdog has raised the possibility of introducing a time limit on complaints about payment protection insurance, the mis-selling scandal that has cost banks more than £17bn in compensation.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jasmyn Chan death: Man jailed for Sheffield hit-and-run – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road.’
BBC News, 27th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal Voice conference report: Innovation in the delivery of legal services – LegalVoice
‘Roger Smith OBE made the case for 1% of the legal aid budget to be directed towards an ‘innovation fund’ to promote access to justice online. The former director of JUSTICE, who was delivering the keynote speech earlier this week at the 2014 Legal Voice conference, called upon Chris Grayling to ‘re-evaluate’ priorities and to deploy online help for initial advice.’
LegalVoice, 11th December 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Government blames High Court for denying mesothelioma victims damages uplift –
‘The High Court’s decision to block the abolition of recoverability for mesothelioma claims has denied victims the 10% uplift in damages they would otherwise have received, justice minister Lord Faulks has said.’
Litgation Futures, 11th December 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Driverless cars – the top 10 legal issues – Technology Law Update
‘The UK government’s announcement last week of the results of its competition for driverless car testing is an exciting development. We expect an announcement of the results of a review of the regulatory regime to follow shortly. As we wait for these results, we identify the top ten areas where we think the law will need to be updated to allow this important technology to move forward.’
Technology Law Update, 8th December 2014
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Saved by the Cap: Third Party Costs Order – RPC Professional and Financial Risks Blog
‘On 30 June 2014 judgment was handed down by Mrs Justice Rose in Swynson Limited v Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) [2014] EWHC 2085 (Ch). Rose J held that the Defendant, a firm of accountants, were liable but found that they owed no duty of care to the individual investor who had provided finance for a management buy-out. She awarded damages up to the liability cap of £15million inclusive of interest and costs, on the basis that the liability cap set out in the engagement letter reflected the commercial agreement reached by the parties.’
RPC Professional and Financial Risks Blog, 4th December 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Bradford Lidl ‘slip’ fraudster Waheed Iqbal sentenced – BBC News
‘A man who deliberately “slipped” on a wet bag in a supermarket so he could make a £10,000 insurance claim has been given a suspended jail term.’
BBC News, 5th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple who faked son’s blindness for insurance claim are jailed – Daily Telegraph
‘Former soldier Jeremy Jones and his wife Sally Anne Jones are given 12 months in prison after claiming their son had been blinded in one eye falling off his bike.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Theresa May to publish new anti-terror powers – BBC News
‘New measures to tackle terrorism are to be unveiled by the home secretary, days after she said the UK faces a “greater” terror threat than ever before.’
BBC News, 26th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Counter-Terrorism Bill – the proposals in a nutshell – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Whatever else can be said about the war on terrorism, it has been hugely influential in the shaping of the law (statutory, common law and European). The latest proposal to come from the Coalition is a “Temporary Exclusion Order”, announced in the press in September. It was “re-booted” in November and we are told that these will feature in the new Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (name not confirmed) due before Christmas. The Bill is in fact scheduled to be published later this week, but these things sometimes slip.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Terror bill requires universities to ban extremist speakers – The Guardian
‘New powers for the home secretary to order universities to ban extremist speakers from their campuses are to be included in a new counter-terrorism bill.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Anti-terror measures: May aims to close ransom loophole – The Guardian
‘The government will embark on fresh steps to cut funding to “barbaric” terror groups such as Islamic State by changing the law to prevent insurance firms from inadvertently reimbursing ransom payments, Theresa May will say on Monday.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and another [2014] UKSC 61; [2014] WLR (D) 487
‘An agreement for payment protection insurance was unfair within the meaning of section 140A of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, as inserted, when the debtor had not been told, before concluding the agreement, that over 70% of the one-off £5,780 premium would be used to pay commission to various parties.’
WLR Daily, 12th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Plevin (Respondent) v Paragon Personal Finance Limited (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Plevin (Respondent) v Paragon Personal Finance Limited (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 61 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 12th November 2014
