Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence


£350m sale of PI group in the offing as turnover and profit soar

22 July 2024

Private-equity backed personal injury business Winn Group has reported soaring revenue and profit amid talk that it is to be sold for £350m.


Insurers win costs orders against Anexo over credit hire

19 July 2024

A circuit judge has made four non-party costs orders against the credit hire arm of AIM-listed Anexo Group, whose customers have to use its law firm, Bond Turner, to recover its costs from insurers.


Solicitor used client money to keep PI firm afloat

19 July 2024

A solicitor who “repeatedly” transferred money from client to office account to prop up his firm has been struck off by the Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal.


Partner “deliberately misled” client over PI claim she never issued

16 July 2024

A partner at a leading personal injury firm who “deliberately misled” an accident victim for five years over a claim she never issued has been struck off.


Law firm fined £11,000 for overcharging DBA clients

16 July 2024

A law firm that charged personal injury clients more than it was allowed to when acting under damages-based agreements has been fined nearly £11,000.


Sustained recovery of PI market “a long way off”

15 July 2024

Any sustained recovery in the personal injury market “still seems a long way off” given that total claims numbers continue to fall and fixed fees weaken margins.


High Court dismisses fundamentally dishonest £6.4m PI claim

4 July 2024

A man seriously injured in a motorbike crash “has only himself to blame” after his £6.4m claim was dismissed in the biggest case to date where fundamental dishonesty was found.


Shares in PI group fall sharply after profit warning

28 June 2024

Shares in NAHL – the AIM-listed personal injury group – fell by 15% yesterday after it warned that revenue and profit this year would be “significantly lower than previously expected”.


Birss drops hint that clin neg fixed costs could be delayed further

3 June 2024

The extension of fixed recoverable costs to low value clinical negligence cases could be delayed to 2025 because of continuing issues with the new rules, it has emerged.


Review of whiplash tariff concluded – but may not be published

24 May 2024

The Lord Chancellor has completed his review of the whiplash tariff but it is unclear whether the plan to publish it in early June will now happen because of the election.

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