Blockchain ¿Es la base de la transformación para el sector asegurador? By Héctor Rojas Rosario Uno de los mayores activos de una empresa, en especial para una compañía aseguradora es la…
Fixed costs for noise induced hearing loss cases By Andrew Parker, Will Potts, From 1 October 2023, noise induced hearing loss claims will be subject to fixed recoverable costs…
Real Estate - Tip of the Month – February 2023 By Chloe Postlethwaite Next month will mark a year since the Covid arrears arbitration scheme introduced by the Commercial…
Mixed Injuries – Limited Guidance From A Divided Court Of Appeal By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The Court of Appeal has today (20 January 2023) handed down its much anticipated judgment in the…
¿Agravación del estado del riesgo o incumplimiento de garantías? By Héctor Rojas Rosario La Sala de Casación Civil de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia (“CSJ”) en la Sentencia…
Getting transport moving again By Andrew Parker, Peter Allchorne, Caroline Hall, Last week, in his first appearance before the Commons Transport Committee, new Secretary of State…
Autumn Statement impact on plans for automated and electric vehicles By Andrew Parker, Peter Allchorne, In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor highlighted the government’s commitment to developing the…
Colombia: Corte Suprema de Justicia unificó su posición frente a la ubicación de los amparos y exclusiones en las pólizas de seguro. By Héctor Rojas Rosario En Colombia, se presentaba discusión frente a la interpretación de las normas relacionadas con la…
Extending mandatory use of the Damages Claims Portal to Defendants By Joanna Folan, Andrew Parker, David Williams, Emma Fuller What’s changing? Claimants will already be familiar with issuing claims via the DCP, as its use…
“On a road or other public place” – the future of UK motor insurance By Peter Allchorne, Annabel Lingham, Andrew Parker The House of Lords has today passed the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill into law…
PI Damages guideline rises: 16th Edition of the JC Guidelines published By Andrew Parker, William Swift, Stephanie Welsher The Judicial College (formerly the Judicial Studies Board) has published the latest edition of its…
New Code of Practice on Covid Arrears as the Arbitration Scheme comes into force By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite Following the recent enactment of the Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Act 2022, a revised…
Towards the digital court: the Damages Claims Portal (DCP) By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan, David Williams, Emma Fuller The damages claims portal is to become mandatory for all claimant solicitors dealing with ANY claim…
A major milestone along the road to a self-driving future By Peter Allchorne, , Andrew Parker The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have released their joint…
Revoking Vnuk: Further progress By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker In our previous alert “Rolling back Vnuk: The UK lags behind” we commented on the lack of formal…
Snow for school pupils By Nicola Hyam, Shaun O'Neil As we are approaching winter, children will no doubt be looking forward to wintry conditions, with…
When is a carriageway not a carriageway? By Shaun O'Neil, Nicola Hyam This was the question the court was being asked to determine where a holiday maker tripped and fell…
Rolling back Vnuk: The UK lags behind By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker In our previous alert Compulsory Insurance: All Change at Home and Abroad , we reported on the…
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill and Revised Code of Practice – More News on Commercial Rent Arrears during the Pandemic By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite The UK Government has published its first draft legislation dealing with commercial rent…
Trocadero scores a Hat Trick for Landlords on Commercial Rent Recovery during the Pandemic By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite This week's High Court judgment in London Trocadero LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited and Others…
Whiplash reforms - Myth Busting By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan, Emma Fuller, Kevan Smith, Stephanie Welsher As the new reforms reach the end of their first quarter year it is a good time to reflect on what…
Latest Government Guidance on Commercial Rent Arrears and Call for Evidence By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite The UK Government published its latest policy statement this week on supporting businesses with…
Whiplash - where to start your claim By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The government’s whiplash reforms took effect on 31 May 2021…
Whiplash reform programme court fees By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan What are the court fees payable in road traffic accident related personal injury claims under the…
First Scottish Telecoms Appeal Judgment opens the door for renewals By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite The recent Inner House decision in EE Limited and Ors v Duncan – the first Scottish appeal decided…
The End is Nigh for Commercial Property Moratoriums…or is it? By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite The Government has announced both a revision to the Covid Code of Practice (to include an Annex…
Westfield Paves the Way for Rent Arrears Recovery By Clare Hartley, Chloe Postlethwaite The highly anticipated High Court decision in Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbh (CRI) v TFS…
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan This updated version of our alert follows the publication of the new Protocol and Practice…
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 PART 1 By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The whiplash reforms contained in the Civil Liability Act 2018, announced by the Government as long…
Scottish Lands Tribunal Paves the Way for Telecoms Renewals under the new Code By Chloe Postlethwaite The highly anticipated decision marks the first judgement issued on modification of code agreements…
Lessons from the tribunals By Clare Hartley, Kai Ricciardiello, Chloe Postlethwaite What practical advice do the recent flurry of telecoms cases provide on dealing with agreement…
Interim rights under the ECC: Further Guidance from the Scottish Lands Tribunal By Chloe Postlethwaite The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has recently published its third decision under the new Electronic…
COVID-19 Scottish Commercial Leasing Update By Chloe Postlethwaite, The impact of recent restrictions to deal with COVID-19 on the commercial leasehold property market…
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland’s Latest Procedural Guidance in the wake of COVID-19 By Chloe Postlethwaite Following recent measures adopted by the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber, The Lands Tribunal for…
Changes to Bereavement Damages Awards from 1 May 2020 By Andrew Parker, David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (England and Wales) Order 2020, published…
Lands Tribunal for Scotland issues its first Decision under the New Telecoms Code By Chloe Postlethwaite The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has recently published its first decision under the new Electronic…
New Scottish Lands Tribunal Procedure in Electronic Communications Code Applications By Chloe Postlethwaite The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has recently published its first Guidance Note for claims made…
No extended meaning for Road Traffic Act liability to injured claimants: Carroll v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd and others By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan, In a robust judgment delivered in the High Court this morning, Mrs Justice Tipples refused to…
Government announces a new discount rate for England & Wales By David Johnson, Andrew Parker To the disappointment of compensators, the MOJ has announced a new discount rate of minus 0…
A Return to the Status Quo: The Appeal in Cameron is Allowed By Andrew Parker, Annabel Lingham The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment in the case of Cameron (Respondent ) v…
The Civil Liability Act 2018 – what now? By Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The Civil Liability Bill finally received Royal Assent and completed the Parliamentary process on…
Law Commission launches automated vehicle consultation By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have, at the behest of…
The Civil Liability Bill enters its final phase By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan Yesterday saw the Civil Liability Bill complete both its Report Stage and Third Reading in the…
Setting the Personal Injury Discount Rate: The Role of the Government Actuary's Department By Andrew Parker, David Williams The Civil Liability Bill will introduce major changes to the methodology for setting the Personal…
Calling time on the compensation culture: The Civil Liability Bill is laid before Parliament By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan Earlier this week the government published the long-awaited Civil Liability Bill…
Discount Rate Reform–the only way is up! By David Williams, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The Civil Liability Bill contains proposals relating to Whiplash Reform and amends the Damages Act…
Government commissions far-reaching review of UK driving laws By Tom Baker, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker With the economic uncertainty of Brexit looming ever closer, it is perhaps not surprising that the…
The Judicial College Guidelines – 25 years after their introduction, the 14th Edition is published By Andrew Parker, David Williams, Joanna Folan 25 years after the publication of the 1 st Edition of the Judicial Studies Board Guidelines (as…
In-depth analysis: Autonomous vehicles: from theory to reality By Peter Allchorne, Olya Melnitchouk, Andrew Parker, Toby Vallance Autonomous vehicles are being tested on public roads around the world just as the first crewless…
Fixed Costs for Noise-induced Hearing Loss Claims By Andrew Parker The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has today published its report recommending a table of fixed…
The European (Withdrawal Bill) 2017 By Andrew Parker The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017 ends the supremacy of European Union (EU) law in UK law…
Fixed Recoverable Costs – the next chapter? By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan On 11 th November 2016, the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls commissioned Lord…
Roberts v Johnstone: in a time of negative discount rate By David Williams, Andrew Parker, Paul Taylor The recent change in the discount rate from 2.5% to -0…
JCA v Lucas By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, David Williams The question of costs in claims commenced within the Low Value Protocols has been considered…
Brexit: the big grey swan By Andrew Parker Now that some of the dust has settled, we look at the implications of Brexit for the insurance…
Proof of fraud previously suspected can unravel the finality of a settlement By David Williams, Andrew Parker The question of whether post-settlement evidence may be used to recover the ill-gotten gains of a…
Insurance Adviser Alert: The Queen and the Justice Secretary - June 2014 By Andrew Parker, David Williams Last week saw the announcement in the Queen's Speech of new legislative measures to help defend…