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Review of the Year: Legal: A year of change
2013 was a huge year for the legal sector, with both positive and negative changes coming thick and fast. How have key figures in the industry reacted to such a period of change?
Legal video: BLM partner Matthew Ford discusses the Jackson reforms and MoJ portal impact
Taken together, Lord Justice Jackson’s reforms of civil litigation costs - and the extension of the Ministry of Justice claims portal - have certainly shaken up the litigation landscape.
Legal Update: Credit Hire: Ongoing hire case reaches £220 000 as documentary evidence is not disclosed
Liane Atcheson looks at the new philosophy being enforced by judges in the post-Jackson era.
BLM hires three new national directors
Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed three new national directors to lead its business support teams in the form of Lee Grunnell, Louise McCarthy-Teague and Mark Blakemore.
BLM launches legal advice product for difficult claims
Insurance law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has launched a legal advice product at a low fixed cost price, delivered within three working days.
Industrial deafness: The new whiplash?
As fraudsters and claims management companies begin to feel the impact of whiplash reform, is industrial deafness becoming insurers’ new problem area?
Legal Update: Basis clauses: Insurers stealing a march on the law to make basis clauses a footnote in history
Peter Fitzpatrick explains how basis clauses can often harshly forfeit a policy, and why market forces could see them disappear long before they are formally outlawed.
Legal Update: Whiplash Claims: Lack of action by government on small claims limit gives time for constructive talks
Alistair Kinley says the government’s latest motor measures have little connection to insurance claims and whiplash and there is a failure to implement Transport Select Committee recommendations.
Legal Update: Product Recall: No room for horsing around when it comes to product recall insurance
Jim Sherwood says the furore surrounding a zebra toy found to contain a carcinogen emphasises the importance of being protected by robust product recall cover.
The Claims Event 2013
Claims managers fear hearing loss could become the ‘new whiplash’
Road Traffic Act: Two-way traffic
Many motor insurers are in limbo because of uncertainty over the interpretation of a crucial section of the Road Traffic Act. However, a forthcoming Supreme Court judgment could provide much-needed clarity.
Legal update: Health: An injection of guidance on cosmetic treatments will minimise insurance risk
Euan Milne looks at the lack of regulation in the cosmetic treatment sector and the recommendations proposed for training professionals.
Claimant lawyers warn against rushing into review of Jackson’s ‘problem areas’
Justice Ramsey’s review of reforms due for completion in April 2014.
Legal Update: Fraud: Following Irish fraud law could help UK insurers fight fabricated claims
Sarah Hill looks at the legal issues affecting insurers’ battle against fraud, including the Irish approach to ‘tainted’ claims and the incoming regulation of private investigators
Claimed and Shamed returns to BBC1
Insurance fraud TV show Claim and Shamed is returning to Britain’s screens on 16 September.
Post Claims Club: Pregnant women exempt from ‘game changing’ legislation
Insurers should be aware that fundamental changes removing strict liability from employers’ liability civil claims where fault is not an issue will not relate to pregnant women.
Law report: Doc not to blame for patient's stroke
This law report has been contributed by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Supreme Court's excess layers ruling to be welcomed by the insurance industry
This law report has been contributed by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Go-kart injury claim ruled to be no more than a tragic accident
This law report has been contributed by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
BLM acquires cyber expert partner
Insurance law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed Nick Gibbons as a partner in its technology, media and telecommunications practice.
Law report: Constable culpable in car collision
This law report was supplied by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Appeal court rules betting shop was not negligent in failing to prevent gunpoint robbery
This law report has been supplied by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Appeal court reverses decision to strike out redundancy claim
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
BLM lands sole Network Rail contract for third-party claims handling
Network Rail has appointed insurance and dispute resolution law firm, Berrymans Lace Mawer, as its sole supplier of claims handling and litigation services relating to public liability and property owners’ liability claims.