Claims
Solicitor had no right to see client in police station.
Julian Rixon and Rosslyne Rixon suing as Rixons Solicitors ('A Firm') Nicholas Wilson v The Chief...
Youell v Kara Mara Shipping Co, World Tanker Carriers Corp. & Others
A bulk carrier and a motor tanker collided off the Portuguese coast in December 1994. The bulk ca...
Quids in for those left out.
The government wants stakeholder pensions to appeal to the great unpensioned masses. Keith Sankey outlines the theory and asks if it will work in practice.
Liability in Crisis: insurance in the litigious age - 22 June,
One of the biggest issues facing the insurance industry is the explosion in liability, both in terms...
Lloyd's forecasting fails.
AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to its 'A' (excellent) financial strength rating of Lloyd's....
Ex-FOIL president heads legal alliance.
A new alliance of claimant and defendant solicitors is offering fixed price mediation and e-settleme...
St Paul set to cash in.
St Paul International is set to double its UK premium income following confirmation it is to take ov...
Exclusive - Shot in the arm for SOCT.
The Society of Claims Technicians, the fledgling arm of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, h...
Changes come into play.
In September the changes to the Solicitors Indemnity Fund will come into play. In Post Magazine 15 y...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Julia Triccas has been promoted to assistant director at Smart & Cook. She originally started at the...
Buy to boost Forbes' pensions.
Alexander Forbes has bought an employee benefits and financial planning specialist in order to make ...
Change to pensions.
Social security secretary Alistair Darling has said pension sharing will be an option from 1 Decembe...
Lawyers make immunity stand.
Lawyers joined forces last week in a class action in the House of Lords on the vexed question of imm...
Cheapest' claim.
Bath-based IFA Chartwell Direct is now offering what it claims is the "cheapest stakeholder friendly...
Mr Mum wins babycare case.
A tribunal settlement by a Groupama employee has seen insurers rush to defend their employment pract...
Feeling the pressure.
The troubled professional indemnity market is seeing some rate increases across the board, but with the Woolf reforms and the demise of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund, premiums for solicitors must rise substantially, says Simon Threadgold.
Gimme, gimme, gimme.
If people take less and less responsibility for their actions we can only expect premiums to go up a...
Commentary - Claims try the patience of NHS.
Optimism in the NHS following the Budget has been spoilt by revelations that clinical negligence cla...
Claimants are ruining standards.
I read Grahame Weatherley's letter (PM 6 April p16) with great interest and feel it raised a wider i...
Broker on bail.
A former Irish insurance broker charged with defrauding a number of his clients of more than £250,00...
Touchline defends covert surveillance.
Motor insurer Touchline has backed the use of surveillance to investigate claims ahead of a law chan...
Plant Construction v Clive Adams Associates and JMH Construction
31 March 2000 During construction of a building, the roof was to be held up by temporary props. T...
Stressbusting from Crawford.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has launched a stress management programme. Launched via Crawford's h...
Get the lowdown on liability.
There is no doubt that one of the biggest issues facing the insurance industry is the explosion in l...