“Magistrates court closes to all other cases as people aged 23 to 71 face conspiracy charges over fraud involving repair garage.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Senior Costs Judge has slashed the after-the-event (ATE) premium claimed in a payment protection insurance (PPI) case, giving hope to defendants currently facing huge bills for mis-selling.”
Litigation Futures, 10th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“The inadvertent naming of the wrong builder in a proposal form for insurance against latent defects including cover for the insolvency of the builder during the construction of social housing units, constituted a breach of warranty entitling the insurers to avoid the policy.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Binns and another v Firstplus Financial Group plc [2013] EWHC 2436 (QB); [2013] WLR (D) 361
“Where a claimant had obtained an award pursuant to alternative dispute resolution (‘ADR’) and subsequently brought a civil claim where the only potential advantage in bringing that litigation was the possibility of an additional award in respect of legal costs, the claim was to be struck out under CPR r 3.4(2).”
WLR Daily, 24th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Compensation payable under section 2 of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, as amended, was limited to physical damage to the relevant premises or property in it and did not extend to consequential losses such as loss of profit or loss of rent.”
WLR Daily, 12th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Two insurance companies have won their case against police bosses for compensation over the looting and arson of a building during the 2011 riots.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed complaints made about the Law Society’s ‘Don’t get mugged by an insurer’ campaign without an investigation.”
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Plans to charge every household in the country £10.50 to cover the cost of insuring properties in flood risk areas amount to a ‘tax’ and represent poor value for money for the economy, government analysts have concluded. The new system, intended to help up to 500,000 housholders afford home insurance despite living in fear of floods, is also likely to breach European laws, officials have said.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Around 7 million people are set to share up to £1.3bn in compensation after 13 high street banks and credit card companies agreed to offer redress for mis-sold credit card and identity theft protection.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Convicted criminals in the West Midlands are being paid to work in call centres.”
BBC News, 21st August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A dying woman whose life insurance claim was refused because she failed to disclose unrelated GP visits several years earlier has won her battle with an insurance company.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An insurer could not choose the order in which claims made by an insured exhausted layers of insurance cover under a programme of professional liability insurance.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
“We all know the gravy train is coming to an end. With the abolition of inter partes recovery of After the Event (ATE) premiums and equivalents, ATE providers and unions are scrambling to fill the void in their coffers this will create. Recently, there has been outrage at the suggestion that retrospective reform should be introduced to limit the recoverability of pre 1 April ATE premiums and equivalents, imposing a finite timescale. But is this really justified, or are the ATE providers and union funders bringing such measures on themselves by their disproportionate attitude to the quantum of premiums?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th July 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Victims of asbestos-related disease are to be offered a process for out-of-court compensation along the lines of the RTA Portal, under proposals to support mesothelioma sufferers announced by the Ministry of Justice today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Fraud uncovered by the country’s insurers has topped £1 billion for the first time, with 340 questionable claims detected every day.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Around 1,000 holidaymakers will share a total pot of £5m from First Choice, Thomas Cook and My Travel after a “holiday from hell” court case concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“High Street insurer Swinton has been fined over £7 million for its ‘aggressive’ mis-selling of monthly add-on insurance policies to telephone customers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“One of the UK’s largest insurance companies, Swinton, has been fined £7.38m for mis-selling policies.”
BBC News, 16th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A decision to continue to withhold crucial details from a damning report on widespread abuse in children’s homes has been strongly criticised by victims, lawyers and child protection experts.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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