Legal expenses
Case provides welcome relief for schools
Educational establishments have avoided potentially "huge and costly" ramifications after the case of Henry Webster (& others) v The Ridgeway School was successfully defended, according to the law firm and insurer involved.
Postbox: No standard LEI outside the UK
Paul Asplin, chief executive officer of DAS Group makes some pertinent points in his recent letter ('European legal insurance model can work in UK', www.postonline.co.uk/1587832) but they may give the impression that there is a standard legal expenses…
Lit Comp gears up for expansion after sale
After-the-event insurance provider Lit Comp has been taken over, following a successful £5.48m bid by investment company Maven Capital Partners.
DAS to cut temporary staff after £10m loss
DAS has agreed a new call centre technology deal which could save the company almost £3.5m over the next two years — just weeks after revealing £10m losses for 2009.
Have your say: The Jackson Report
Do you think that the recommendations of the Jackson Review will be derailed - as Lord Justice Jackson himself fears - but a change of Government?
Arag: Jackson report could lead to “huge influx of spurious claims”
Arag has warned that qualified one-way cost shifting and the abolition of ATE insurance and Success Fee will have a negative impact on Access to Justice and will see a huge influx of spurious claims.
Torridon’s £5.48m offer for LitComp unconditional
LitComp gain access to £200m of managed capital resources.
European legal insurance model can work in UK
Helen Withers, managing director of Arc Legal Assistance, makes some bold statements in her recent letter ('European Model unworkable in UK', www.postonline.co.uk/1585923) that could lead Post readers into thinking that the standard model for legal…
News analysis - Jackson report: In decent proposals
Andrew Parker examines the proposals unveiled last week by the Jackson report and considers the implications they hold for insurers, claimants and the legal sector.
Pick of the week
New Zurich GI chief executive claims UK is ‘litigation heartland of the world’; Declan Treanor steps down from loss adjuster Garwyn following private equity backed MBO; Towergate in underwriting hub push; Jackson review causes legal expenses anger; LV…
Allianz: Jackson review will lead to return of underwriting-led pricing
Claims manager Roy Hebburn welcomes report
RBSI: Jackson review to lower premiums and cut costs
Jackson Review will benefit claimants in personal injury cases.
LEIG reveals Jackson review concerns
Group claims the report is a “step too far”
AMA accuses Jackson report of “reducing access to justice”
Accident Management Association slams Review of Civil Litigation Costs
Law firm reveals concerns over Jackson review
Addleshaw Goddard outlines civil litigation costs “reservations”
Change in recoverability of ATE premiums significant to Jackson proposals
Stevens & Bolton: Review not so good for claimants
Solicitors claim civil costs review benefits insurers
Thompsons: Insurers have got everything they lobbied for
Foil: Jackson report represents a “new era” in civil litagtion
Lawyer body calls on stakeholders to fully consider implications of final report
Law firm praises "bold but realistic" Jackson review
Browne Jacobson calls for industry to supprt reform
Lawyers warn insurers of downsides to Jackson review
RPC highlights "hugely controversial" impact of costs review
Final Jackson report calls for qualified one way cost shifting
Review of civil litigation costs could lead to a drop in demand for ATE insurance
Aviva warns about risk of squatters
Property owners need adequate legal expenses cover
Muddying the waters
Financial deputies act for claimants unable to manage their finances. However, Adam Fullwood explains that a Court of Appeal decision has muddied the waters once again over the key issue of public funding of future care costs.