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BANKRUPTS – AVOIDING ACTING FOR THEM
BANKRUPTS – AVOIDING ACTING FOR THEM A solicitor cannot act for a bankrupt without the agreement of the Trustee in Bankruptcy. There are some limited exceptions – see my blog – Personal Injury: Acting...
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Assignment of CFA’s Not Possible: Jones v Spire Healthcare considered
In Jones v Spire Healthcare Ltd, Liverpool County Court 11 September 2015 case number A13YJ811 District Judge Jenkinson held that a Conditional Fee Agreement entered into between the claimant Ms Jones...
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LITIGANTS IN PERSON UPDATE
On 1 October 2015 a new rule was introduced in relation to case management of matters involving litigants in person and this was achieved by the 81st update to the Civil Procedure Rules. ” Case...
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INSURERS AT IT AGAIN ? (4)
The following has been reported to me. Please comment or contact me if you know of such cases. Direct Line- anything to say? A solicitor’s client is referred to DLG Services Ltd (DLG), part of the...
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INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (5)
A client reports a matter to Aviva. Without her knowledge the information is sent to Minster Law who submit a Caim Notification Form (CNF) on the portal. Two days after the accident her actual...
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TRAM ACCIDENTS: DO THEY GO IN THE PORTALS?
An accident involving a tram is clearly a road traffic accident and could also be an employers’ liability case, for example where the injured person is an employee, or a public liability case. However...
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EVER SEEN WORSE TH>N MORE TH>N? – INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (6)
Below is the text of a letter sent by MORE TH>N, a trading name of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc, to a solicitor’s client questioning whether the client had actually instructed those...
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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS IN PERSONAL INJURY
Originally posted on Kerry Underwood: This piece first appeared in Claims Magazine As the dysfunctional Jackson shamble stumbles on, albeit now being progressively overturned by Parliament, it is time...
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EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL FEES: A MESS
It is well known that the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees has caused an 80% reduction in cases and that Unison’s Judicial Review applications have failed. Less well-known is that there are...
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DIRECT LINE OR DIRECT LYING? – INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (7)
In Insurers At It Again (4) I commented on Direct Line Group and its relationship with DLG Legal Services, a firm of solicitors and part of the Direct Line Group. The standard client care letter from...
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DLG LEGAL SERVICES & SOLICITORS CODE OF CONDUCT
In my blog earlier today – DIRECT LINE OR DIRECT LYING? – INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (7) I set out paragraph 14 of the Terms of Business sent by DLG Legal Services, a firm of solicitors and part of the...
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PORTAL ISSUE FEES TO BE INTRODUCED
In an email dated 22 October 2015 Claims Portal states that it is working on a new set of changes referred to as Release 5 which will be implemented in two phases. Phase 2 in December 2016 will...
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THE QUEEN’S SPEECH – MAY 2015
Dick Chilblain reports live from Westminster – May 2015 “My previous governments, comprising the Labour, Liberal and Conservative parties have been preparing for the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta....
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COVENTRY, RECOVERABILITY AND THE SUPREME COURT: SOME THOUGHTS
kerryunderwood:The Supreme Court has finished hearing the appeal in Coventry v Lawrence and judgment is expected in July of this year. Originally posted on Kerry Underwood: RECOVERABILITY MAY BE...
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SNIVEL INJUSTICE COUNCIL
SNIVEL INJUSTICE COUNCIL Candidates required to make futile suggestions concerning the legal system: Job requirements: You must never have had a proper job. You must never have dealt with a client or...
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CHILDREN’S CASES – APRIL IS THE CRUELLEST MONTH
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, except if you wish to bring a claim in an English or Welsh court. Matthew 19:14, as amended. April will indeed be the cruellest month for...
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NEW PART 36: APRIL IS AGAIN THE CRUELLEST MONTH
NEW PART 36: APRIL IS AGAIN THE CRUELLEST MONTH The new Part 36, effective 6 April 2015, increases the anti-claimant bias of the rule and arguably there is now no point in a claimant ever offering to...
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SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND INSURERS
Here is a link to BBC Radio 4’s File on Four broadcast at 8:00pm on Tuesday 24 February 2015. It lasts 40 minutes.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Litigants in Person: Acting in Cases Involving Them and Advising Them
In its report implementing reforms to civil legal aid, 4 February 2015, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, said that it had received evidence from the Magistrates’ Association that the...
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PROPORTIONALITY: THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
I am grateful to Simon Gibbs, http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/blog/ and Judge Michael Cook, both of whom know much more about this subject than I will ever know. “Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile...
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