The End of the Road for Section 152 Declarations By Peter Allchorne, Following the uncertainty in motor insurance law which stems back to the European Court of Justice…
Is the service of medical evidence with proceedings mandatory? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne What are the consequences of a failure to serve medical evidence with the Particulars of Claim? …
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…
Portal claims and contributory negligence: can the argument be raised if the claim's value increases? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Cassandra Mitchell Where liability is admitted in a claim commenced within the Pre-Action Protocols for Low Value…
Counterclaiming for personal injuries? QOCS protection: the Sequel By David Williams, Peter Allchorne In Ketchion v McEwan , HHJ Freedman decided that a Defendant in an RTA claim who counterclaims for…
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…
Counterclaiming for personal injuries? – QOCS protection all the way? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The recent decision of HHJ Freedman in Ketchion v McEwan addressed the question of whether, when a…
50 predictions: Motor By Peter Allchorne, Tom Baker The artificial intelligence genie is out of the bottle The use of robots to replace human data…
Fixed Costs and Part 36 offers - does late acceptance by the defendant lead to costs on the indemnity basis? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The Court of Appeal's judgment in Broadhurst v Tan [link to Insurance Adviser Alert February 2017]…
I'm sorry sir, your Green Card's been refused… By Jasminka O'Hora, Peter Allchorne The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee met on 4 July 2018 to consider a proposal for…
Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill receives Royal Assent By Peter Allchorne Yesterday the Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill received Royal Assent, becoming an Act of…
Part 36, interim payments, liability offers and costs By David Williams, Peter Allchorne 2018 has already seen five judgments on the application of Part 36 offers which should be borne in…
Fixed costs on claims commenced within the Portal, even if settlement order fails to record it By David Williams, Peter Allchorne Claims commenced within the Low Value Protocols, which are not allocated to the multi-track, should…
Forms of Authority for Medical Records post-GDPR By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Rhiannon Webster In defending personal injury claims, the ability of compensating insurers and their representatives…
Portal costs payable even if solicitors excluded from settlement By David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following the Court of Appeal's judgment of 2015, the Supreme Court has considered the question of…
NHS Charges-Increase for accidents from 1 April 2018 By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The amount compensators are required to pay to the Compensation Recovery Unit in relation to…
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…
DAC Beachcroft on AVs in smart cities By Peter Allchorne, In a recent article by Inspiratia, DAC Beachcroft Partner Peter Allchorne and Consultant, Michael…
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…
Blurred lines – The potential pitfalls of conditional automation on the road to driverless cars By Peter Allchorne With the advent of vehicles fitted with increasingly advanced driver assistance systems, Peter…
Clear road ahead – Government lays before Parliament the Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill By Peter Allchorne The eagerly anticipated Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill had its first reading in the House…
In-depth analysis: Autonomous vehicles: from theory to reality By Peter Allchorne, Wendy Hopkins, Olya Melnitchouk, Andrew Parker, Toby Vallance Autonomous vehicles are being tested on public roads around the world just as the first crewless…
Is the law on third party motor insurance fit for purpose? By Peter Allchorne, Tom Baker Ever since the CJEU found in the 2014 Slovenian case of Vnuk v Triglav that the EU consolidated…
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…
Calling time on the compensation culture - Government responds to the whiplash consultation and lays primary legislation before Parliament By Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan Having now consulted with several hundred industry stakeholders, the Government yesterday delivered…
Late acceptances of part 36 offers and fixed costs By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The question of when Claimants may recover costs in excess of fixed recoverable costs on claims…
Autonomous cars and personal injury claims By Peter Allchorne, Olya Melnitchouk Personal Injury analysis: Olya Melnitchouk, associate at DAC Beachcroft, and Peter Allchorne,…
Calling time on the compensation culture - Ministry of Justice releases long awaited plans to reform the whiplash claims process By Andrew Parker, Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Joanna Folan After keeping the industry on tenterhooks for almost a year the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) yesterday…
Bird v Acorn Group Ltd By Peter Allchorne, David Williams Whilst the reforms introduced by Lord Justice Jackson in 2013 have reduced the costs paid by…
50 Predictions: Motor By Peter Allchorne "The credit hire arena is undoubtedly set to change this year…
Consultation on Driverless Vehicles By Peter Allchorne Trailed by reference to a Modern Transport Bill in the Queen's speech in May, on 11 July the…
NHS Charges : Increase from 1 April 2016 By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The amount compensators are required to pay to the Compensation Recovery Unit in relation to…
Does suspicion of fraud excuse delay? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The Jackson reforms and ensuing judgments including Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Limited and…
Part 36 and fixed costs outside the Portal By Peter Allchorne, David Williams The apparent inconsistency between the provisions governing fixed costs for personal injury claims…
Portal claims and pre-med offers – Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Limited v Haven Insurance Company Limited By Peter Allchorne, David Williams The question of whether costs are payable in Portal claims where solicitors are instructed to…
Care before compensation? By Peter Allchorne, David Williams What the 2015 Rehabilitation Code means for lower-value claims The International Underwriting…
50 Predictions: Motor By Peter Allchorne Making predictions about the future of the insurance market is not for the faint-hearted…
Keeping it Simple: The New MIB Uninsured Drivers' Agreement 2015 By Peter Allchorne The new MIB Uninsured Drivers' Agreement was signed on 3 July 2015 and applies to accidents on or…
Fighting Fraud By Peter Allchorne In the last five years, a raft of reforms has been introduced to tackle the spiralling cost of…
Calling Time on the Compensation Culture By Peter Allchorne Under the pre-Jackson regime, the frequency and cost of whiplash claims spiralled out of control,…
Good News for Motor Insurers: Deregulation Act 2015 - Section 9 and Schedule 3 In Force Today By Peter Allchorne Changes come into effect today that will have a significant impact on motor insurers and their…
Calling time on the compensation culture? – Whiplash reform, Round 2 By Peter Allchorne Following last October's implementation of the first tranche of reforms which fixed the cost of…
