Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil)
News analysis - RTA scheme extention: Statistically speaking
With the MoJ consultation on extending the RTA personal injury scheme now closed, Lynn Rouse asks how an evidential basis can be put forward with no sign of statistics on success to date.
Referral fees: End of the affair?
Despite recent calls for a ban on referral fees, the government must weigh up the wider considerations and consequences of its actions, explains Leigh Jackson.
Alternative business structures: I bought the law
With the arrival of alternative business structures imminent, Amy Ellis looks at the pros and cons of the ability for those outside the legal sphere to invest in services.
Phase two of Jackson needed claims law firm
The government has "stuck to its guns" with primary legislation needed to introduce the core principles of Lord Justice Jackson's review into civil litigation costs.
Rehabilitation: Fast-track frustrations
The potential increase in the fast-track claims limit presents both opportunities and challenges for the personal injury industry. Andrew Pemberton examines potential unwanted developments and implications for claimants, insurers and claimant solicitors.
LSB referral fee advice slammed as 'mistaken'
The Ministry of Justice has been urged to disregard the "mistaken" advice of the Legal Services Board and ban referral fees, as lawyers and insurers joined forces to criticise the decision.
Editor's comment: Passing the hot potato
And so the buck gets passed once more. Another week, another non-decision on referral fees. This week it was the turn of the Legal Services Board to fight shy of a ban, deferring future responsibility for dealing with this questionable practice to…
Interview - David Bott: In the Apil hotseat
With claimant lawyers facing radical change over the next year following the Jackson Review, David Bott has a turbulent introduction to his tenancy as the new Apil president. Leigh Jackson talks to the man whose job it is to steady the ship through these…
IFB and Apil fraud tie-up
Discussions are underway between the Insurance Fraud Bureau and Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to establish a data-sharing agreement aimed at combating fraud.
Exercise Watermark set for insurer-specific rerun - Insurance News Now – 2 June 2011
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including confirmation from the Association of British Insurers that the government’s emergency flood scenario will be re-enacted specifically for the insurance industry…
Apil names new CEO
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has appointed former Legal Complaints Service chief executive Deborah Evans as its new CEO.
Rehabilitation: Embedding rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is now widely accepted by UK motor insurers, but its record continues to be mixed on implementation. Mark Baylis urges firms to consider the wider context of rehabilitation if further progress is going to be made.
Apil slams HSE workplace injury proposals
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has criticised Health and Safety Executive proposals aimed at relaxing the rules for reporting workplace injuries.
Government claims ELIB plans are 'not forgotten'
The coalition government has been urged to make a decision on the Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau after maintaining a year-long silence on the issue.
Apil names new vice president
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has named Karl Tonks as its new vice-president.
Apil chairman blasts MoJ proposals in inaugural speech
Incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers David Bott was set to slam Ministry of Justice proposals to make personal injury victims meet legal costs from their compensation payouts in his inaugural speech today (14 April).
Apil seeks judicial review against Chancellor
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has taken legal action after the Lord Chancellor failed to review the discount rate.
Apil calls on insurers to take action on fraud
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has urged the insurance industry to drive forward the recommendations outlined in the Transport Select Committee report.
Government "failing to see bigger picture" on justice reform
President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Muiris Lyons, is set to announce that the reforms of the civil justice system which focus on costs, fail to consider the “bigger picture” for injured people.
Cutting legal aid and restricting CFAs would create a “perfect storm”
The Association of Personal Injury lawyers has responded to the government’s consultations on legal aid and civil litigation funding and costs, which both close today.
Kitchener quits Apil to join law firm
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers chief executive Denise Kitchener is poised to leave the organisation after 18 years to take up a role at law firm Pattinson and Brewer.
Apil CEO announces departure
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers chief executive Denise Kitchener is set to leave the organisation after 18 years to join law firm Pattinson and Brewer.
Postbox: Apil hits back
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Claims Club news: Claimant community blamed for shelving of meso protocol
The insurer and defendant legal community has lost its battle to get a specific pre-action protocol introduced for mesothelioma claims — largely due to the self- interest of claimant solicitors and the unions.