Sentences with phrase «claimant lawyers»

A personal injury law firm has won its case against an insurer which settled claims with clients behind its back, in a major victory for claimant lawyers.

It has generally been welcomed by insurers, and generally criticised by claimant lawyers.

A concern now is that the fees claimed by claimant lawyers may be disproportionate in respect of lower value claims.

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The ABI recently published new statistics showing that since 2012, more than 200,000 claims for NIHL, with claimant lawyers receiving on average three times as much in legal fees as claimants do in compensation.

«The focus on claimant lawyers as a solution for all the NHS's ills is misguided & disproportionate»

The UK's broken compensation system heaps costs onto consumers, taxpayers and businesses: Higher insurance premiums for UK consumers, who pay # 2.7 million a day to claimant lawyers through their motor insurance premiums.

APIL and MASS argued the decision was unfair because the government consulted insurers but not claimant lawyers and those representing victims when it reached its decision.

While there are lots of factors, critics like Ginsburg place much of the blame on the way claimant lawyers have been able to use the reforms to their advantage.

The successful use of a DBA in Harlequin, however, may be the start of a sea change where we see increasingly more litigation funded by DBAs with claimant lawyers sharing the risk, but also the spoils of litigation.

Val has been practising for 20 years and is one of Scotland's best known claimant lawyers.

Recently the rehabilitation code, which encourages greater collaboration between claimant lawyers and insurers to address injured people's needs, and provide them with the right treatment as quickly as possible was updated and re-issued.

For too long the government's focus has been to blame claimant lawyers for the rising cost of litigation while ignoring the role of the NHSLA.

Personal injury claimant lawyers object that, in an open - and - shut claim, a small discount of 5 % can be all that is appropriate and can represent a significant concession, especially in a serious - injury claim.

Many firms do use this convention, but it has always seemed to the writer that representing people as partners may lead some aggressive claimant lawyer to say that, if the firm takes that choice, it must be prepared to have third parties treat them as partners, and assume that they have unlimited joint and several liability.

Claimant lawyers fear they will have no alternative but to deduct a hefty percentage of costs from the damages.

Claimant lawyers want to rely on high values; insurance companies and their lawyers will seek to rely on the lower values of reported cases.

During her 10 - month tenure, Truss has irked claimant lawyers by proposing whiplash reforms and incurred criticism for failing to robustly defend judges.

In those days the call was for legal aid to be removed because it was said everything would be so much better if claimant lawyers did not have the security of fees, win or lose, but had to be businesslike and accept risk.

When contemplating my own claim following a recent, minor, road traffic collision, all the tired clichés of greedy claimant lawyers and intransigent insurers sprang readily to mind.

However, the amount paid to claimant lawyers rose by 19 % to # 498.5 m. And the amount of damages the NHS paid out rose # 132m (14 %) to # 1.08 bn, according to the first annual report of NHS Resolution (formerly known as the NHS Litigation Authority).

Consequently, claimant lawyers stand to make a # 200 loss before they begin the average 10 hours» work required to complete each case.

Government proposals to cut fixed fees for low - level road traffic accident (RTA) claims by # 700 could leave claimant lawyers # 200 out of pocket, according to research commissioned by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

I believe that has been achieved through the hard work of claimant lawyers, their dedication to the job, the sharing of knowledge and best practice, the acceptance of risk and the development of businesslike yet professional ways of running firms.

UK consumers pay # 2.7 million every day to claimant lawyers through their motor insurance premiums — that is 10 % of every motor premium.

In an environment where it is acceptable for a failing chief executive to leave one six - figure job and immediately walk into another, the focus on claimant lawyers as a solution for all the NHS's ills is misguided and disproportionate.

He asks if Crone saw dossiers on the private lives of claimant lawyers.

For low value personal injury motor accident claims, for every # 1 insurers pay in compensation, a further 87 pence is paid to claimant lawyers.

Claimant lawyers have voiced concerns after the Civil Justice Council set up a working group to look into introducing fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence cases valued at # 25,000 or less.

Claimant lawyers» groups have hit back at insurers» claims that they «manipulate» the system, charge «excessive» fees, and leave consumers worse off.

Insurers, claimant lawyers, and rehab providers have worked closely together during the update of the code to ensure it remains as relevant and effective as possible.

I started off as a claimant lawyer and during my training worked on union funded employers» liability cases including industrial disease claims.

Writing in NLJ this week Jeff Zindani says he is upbeat about personal injury work for claimant lawyers, but is concerned about the way clients are charged.

Trevor Sterling comments «Insurers, claimant lawyers, and rehabilitation providers have worked closely together during the update of the code to ensure it remains as relevant and effective as possible.

The claimants lawyers (Hunton & Williams)(H&W) raised concerns as to the «11th hour» disclosure of the QC's involvement, and sought details of his relationship with the chairman, as well as when the QC was first instructed and what his intended role would be.

She started off as a claimant lawyer and during her training worked on union funded employers» liability cases including industrial disease claims.

Since 2001, the yield on ILGS has fallen steadily and to the dismay of claimant lawyers, the discount rate has not been amended by the Lord Chancellor.

The Bill, which received its first reading last week, proposes that whiplash claims be restricted to cases where there is «genuine evidence of injury», and that claimant lawyer's fee for cases in the road traffic accident portal be halved since the portal costs the lawyer only # 100 to operate.

Success fees are an important part of the current system as they provide a claimant lawyer with a pool of funds which acts as a safety net to cover the cases he loses.

The function of the success fee is to ensure that claimant lawyers are paid for the work they do in unsuccessful cases, which are subsidised by the successful cases.

Claimant lawyers have argued that the discount rate is too high, since yields on gilts have been decreasing.

But claimant lawyers have the responsibility to care for the interests of injured people and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) will remain totally committed to that responsibility as its response to Lord Justice Jackson's review is developed.

Also the claimant lawyer will get paid fixed costs as soon as the claim resolves.

Denise Kitchener, chief executive officer of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers says: «We have had CFAs for 10 years and, while they are not without their problems, claimant lawyers have tried hard to make them work.

The underlying principle is that, on average, claimant lawyers will be paid the full rate for all their work.

NLJ consultant editor Greene, one of the claimant lawyers acting in this week's successful Art 50 challenge against the government, said: «These rights go to the basics of life for EU citizens here and UK citizens within Europe, and I think it's important for Parliament to consider them and be in a position to offer assurances that they will be protected before Art 50 is triggered.»

Professional approach Ten years on it can be seen that claimant lawyers have worked hard with others to make the system work.

A consequence of this basic principle is that claimant lawyers must be paid for the work done in the pleural plaques cases, win or lose.