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Legal update - Thrid Parties Rights Bill: Straight to the point
The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill went to the House of Lords late last year, aimed at updating the Third Parties Act of 1930. Terry Donaghy looks at the implications this has for insurers.
Half-baked reform
Andrew Milne examines the radical changes originally proposed by the Civil Law Reform Bill on limitation, highlighting the problems that would have beset the construction sector as a result.
Agenda setting for Cutts
Incoming president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Dan Cutts talks to Lynn Rouse about becoming the voice of the wider public interest and counteracting the claimant lobby.
Policing the impossible
These days insurers will not turn a blind eye to clients that have failed to check the details of their sub-contractors' policies, says Ed Lewis.
Shining through the murk
With much higher rates of major injury than the average in all service industries, Daniel Dunkley looks at what the construction industry can do to combat this, including regulating gangmasters.