Girl awarded £1.1 million against father – The Times

Posted April 28th, 2007 in damages, news, personal injuries by sally

“A girl was today awarded £1.1 million against her father after she suffered “catastrophic” injuries when she was thrown through the windscreen of a car driven by him.”

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The Times, 27th April 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Claimant PI lawyers hail Falconer plan – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted April 27th, 2007 in news, personal injuries, small claims by sally

“Lord Falconer stunned lawyers last week by unexpectedly announcing that the small claims limit for personal injury cases would remain unchanged.” 

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Law Society’s Gazette, 26th April 2007

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Conference: speech by Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Posted April 24th, 2007 in personal injuries by sally

Speech by Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, 20th April 2007

Source: www.dca.gov.uk

Personal injury limit to remain – Financial Times

Posted April 23rd, 2007 in news, personal injuries, small claims by sally

“To the relief of claimant lawyers and against the wishes of insurers, the government yesterday recommended that the £1,000 limit for personal injury claims that can heard in the small claims court should remain unchanged.”

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Financial Times, 21st April 2007

Source: www.ft.com

Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims – Department for Constitutional Affairs

“The first part of this paper reviews and makes proposals on the case management track limits for civil claims found in Part 26.6 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The second part considers how the claims process for personal injury cases could be streamlined to become more efficient and cost effective.”

Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims CP 8/07, 20th April 2007

Source: www.dca.gov.uk