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“I want to dominate the market,” says entrepreneur as he secures £12m funding for clin neg ABS
Friday, 30 January 2015An entrepreneur has revealed plans to combine a claims management company, a consumer website and the clinical negligence department of a top 100 firm to form a market-dominating alternative business structure.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, clinical negligence, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor, Outsourcing
Big legal brands unveil new marketing campaigns
Thursday, 4 December 2014Forget the John Lewis Christmas advert – lawyers have stepped up efforts to target the over-50s and the victims of medical accidents in the latest high-profile marketing pushes by QualitySolicitors and First4Lawyers respectively.
Tags: clinical negligence, marketing, QualitySolicitors
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Clinical negligence outsourcer bids to become alternative business structure
Thursday, 24 July 2014Clinical negligence outsourcer 5R1 has announced its intention to become the first in its field to obtain alternative business structure (ABS) status. It currently operates as a claims management company, regulated by the Ministry of Justice.
Tags: clinical negligence
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Law firm’s medical negligence advert was misleading, ASA rules
Wednesday, 21 May 2014An internet banner advertisement by an Essex law firm which showed a woman’s face above the slogan “awarded £40,000 after cosmetic surgery – claim now” was misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.
Tags: clinical negligence
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR, Practice Management
LASPO: government suffers two defeats over legal aid for children, tightens referral fee ban
Wednesday, 28 March 2012The government suffered two more defeats during yesterday’s final House of Lords stage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, and also tightened up the ban on referral fees.
Tags: clinical negligence, Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury, referral fees
Posted in Latest news
Government offers limited LASPO concessions as ATE insurers go on the attack
Thursday, 1 March 2012The government yesterday offered a limited concession on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill as a coalition of 10 leading after-the-event insurers accused the government of ignoring the industry during the formulation of its policy.
Tags: ATE insurance, clinical negligence, Law Society, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury
Posted in Latest news
Law Society, APIL and MASS agree Jackson compromise position
Wednesday, 29 February 2012The Law Society, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Motor Accident Solicitors Society have agreed a compromise on the Jackson reforms that they are to propose to the government, Legal Futures can report. They have won the support of three key charities.
Tags: ATE insurance, clinical negligence, Jackson report, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury
Posted in Latest news
APIL to float last-ditch Jackson compromise
Thursday, 9 February 2012The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers will next week launch a final attempt to challenge the Jackson reforms by setting out a new negotiating position that drops outright opposition to the changes. However, defendant lawyers rebuffed any suggestion of compromise.
Tags: ATE insurance, clinical negligence, Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury
Posted in Latest news
Tebbit and Mackay join LASPO fight as ATE working group reports to Ministry of Justice
Friday, 13 January 2012Former cabinet minister Lord Tebbit and one-time Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay have thrown their weight behind amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Tags: ATE insurance, clinical negligence, Jackson report, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Posted in Latest news
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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