Beyond dispute
With more parties coming to the table, disputes in the insurance industry are becoming more complex. However, David Webster says that while the industry has taken the Woolf Reforms on board, the inclination is still to settle out of court rather than mediate.
The Woolf Reforms and Civil Procedure Rules were introduced to changethe culture of litigation, speeding up the process and resolving disputes
more efficiently. The insurance industry has been
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