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Man left disabled by assault gets second chance for compensation
A man who was left disabled after being assault in a nightclub in Cornwall has been granted fresh hope of ...
Barrister sues Natwest over bank charges
A London barrister is the latest in a number of disgruntled customers to take their bank to court over high ...
Fertility doctor to sue BBC for 'defamatory remarks'
A doctor who claims to have been the victim of defamatory remarks in a television show may sue the BBC ...
Prisoners awarded
Prison inmates in Northern Ireland have received over £1 million in compensation over the last five years, according to statistics ...
Government hears the case for mediation
The government is hoping to increase the use of mediation in personal injury claims at the request of the ...
'Don't deal with rogue chasers'
Advisers should refuse to deal with any claim management firm that is not registered on the Department for Constitutional ...
Shevchenko wins libel damages
Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has won substantial undisclosed damages for libel after suing a newspaper which alleged he was "a ...
Cutting a swathe through legal costs
After two long years of discussions and deliberations, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has finally published its proposals ...
Fraud focus: regulating the claims farmers
It is widely accepted that one of the main contributors to the cost of insurance fraud is the ancillary ...
Letter - Fixed-cost failings
I read with interest the consultation paper published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) on reforming the personal ...
LCS to approach thousands of miners over fees
The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) is to canvas thousands of former miners directly to determine whether solicitors wrongly deducted ...
Interresolve and Elision join forces to create injury claims ‘powerhouse’
Market leaders bring schemes together to set industry standard for faster and more cost-effective claims settlement 4th May 2007 – A ...
Dust cloud
No class of claim in Personal Injury litigation has been so bitterly fought over between claimant and defendant that ...
Bank revolt
“Ambulance chasers” are cashing in on the growing trend for consumers to reclaim bank charges, a report shows. Around ...
NHS Trust pays out
An NHS Trust has paid out more than £6 million over the last five years, recently released figures have revealed. ...
Soldier who lost testicle sues for compensation
A soldier who alleges he lost a testicle while engaging in an exercise involving fighting one of his colleagues is ...
Claim firms still touting for business in our hospitals
Half of all hospitals flout Government guidelines by selling advertising space in their wards for ambulancechasing law firms, a ...
Widowed spouse of asbestos-cancer victim sues for compensation
A Hampshire woman whose husband died from asbestos-related cancer is suing the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust for ...
Misdiagnosed cancer man to sue for compensation
A man who spent his life savings and gave up work after doctors mistakenly said he had six months to ...
InterResolve and Elision join forces
A new market-wide personal injury claims scheme that speeds up the claims process and provides cost-effective claims settlement has ...