Personal Injury Claims
In this weeks blog post we will be covering the grey area of shared negligence as well as small claims and regulatory changes, which are under attack within the Houses of Parliament. Despite the fact that the UK government had seemingly pushed through an array of changes, due to go live in 2019, there seems [...]
In reality the 2016 referendum on European Union membership will impact every single area of business and personal life in the UK, one way or another. The task of unpicking a relationship that began more than 40 years ago will be a challenge to say the least. One area which has come under scrutiny of [...]
After initial proposals were released back in 2016 the UK government is finally on the verge of bringing changes to the personal injury law into force. The Civil Liability Bill is currently going through the House of Lords and should the rubber stamped into UK law in the short term. This will impact the way [...]
When you visit your doctor you are entitled to expect a degree of competence and a diagnosis which you can trust. It is well documented that the NHS is under budgetary pressures as the UK population continues to grow and age and the cost of treatment continues to rise. For many people, claiming for medical [...]
As pressure starts to reduce a little on the NHS after a torrid winter period the challenges facing public health services in England are becoming more evident. While it will depend upon which documents you read (and possibly your political leanings), the NHS budget for England in 2017/18 will be around £122 billion, or £2,200 [...]
One of the hottest topics in the area of personal injury claims currently is holiday sickness claims with ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents) recently publishing an array of feedback from its membership. We have covered holiday sickness claims in the past but it appears that fraudulent activity continues to grow with many claimants unaware [...]
The subject of increasing holiday sickness claims among UK holidaymakers has been headline news for some time now. Finally it seems that the UK government has woken up to a loophole which means that currently there are no limits to payouts by travel companies where the incident happened on foreign soil. The recent raft of [...]
While the personal injury claims market is currently undergoing meaningful restructuring, it is worth remembering that this is still a multi-billion pound sector. Legislation currently going through the House of Commons and House of Lords will likely reduce claims numbers in the short term but there is already speculation that the proposed changes will be [...]
Despite Birmingham featuring top of the crash for cash postcode league in 2016 it would appear that the scammers are still extremely active in the region with Birmingham again topping the league in 2017. We know from data compiled by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) that of the top 30 postcodes for crash for cash [...]
The world of personal injury claims has never been more active than over the last few months with an array of changes by the UK government taking centre stage. However, there have also been some interesting developments in other areas of the personal injury claims market which could have a material impact upon future activity. [...]
