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UK Parliament Call for Evidence on Whiplash Reform and the Official Injury Claim service (OIC)

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13th Feb 2023

Accessibility, Costs, Injury, Legal principles, Legal representation, Motor, Official Injury Claim, Reducing cost, Whiplash reform

  • FOIL

The OIC became live in May 2021 and data collected up to 31st December 2022 shows that 424,835 claims were submitted, of which 38,438 (9%) were brought by unrepresented claimants and 386,397 (91%) by claimants who had sought legal representation. 76,873 claims have been settled since the launch of the service.

Claims Portal and Product Liability Claims

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25th Jan 2023

Consumer Protection Act 1987, Damages, Definition, Legal principles, Low Value Public Liability Claims, Pre-action Protocol, Product Liability, Product Liability, Protocols and Portals

  • FOIL

A recent post by Gordon Exall in Civil Litigation Brief (here) reported on a first instance decision concerning whether product liability claims fall within the scope of the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims – commonly referred to as the ‘Claims Portal’.

Mixed Injury Claims: Has the Court of Appeal provided any useful guidance? Analysis

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24th Jan 2023

Common Law Basis, CPR & Courts, Damages, Dissenting Judgment, Legal principles, Mixed Claims, Motor, PSLA, S3 Civil Liability Act 2018, Tariff Damages, Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021

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Yoann Samuel Rabot v. Charlotte Victoria Hassam: Matthew David Briggs v. Boluwatife Laditan and The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and The Motor Accident Solicitors Society (Interveners) (2023) EWCA Civ 19

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