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Category Archives: Personal Injury News
Personal Injury Introducer Firm Wound Up Over Nuisance Calls
Direct Assist represented everything bad about cold-call marketing. Now they’re wound up, law firms may think twice about third party introducers
Probe leads to arrests for buying data about accident victims
Three people working for CMCs were arrested this week after a probe revealed they bought vehicular accident victims’ information from insurance companies.
£26 million spent on compensation awards for teachers, staff
It’s been revealed that a massive £26 million was spent over the course of last year on personal injury compensation claims made by school teachers and staff.
Insurers plan in-depth look at personal injury claims fraud
The insurance industry through its recently formed Insurance Fraud Taskforce says it has grand plans to look at the personal injury claims fraud issue in depth.
Solicitors score major victory for sick holidaymakers
Personal injury solicitors hare secured a major victory for sick holidaymakers, securing a reward of more than £350,000 in personal injury compensation.
Personal injury lawyers to blame for compensation culture?
Here we go again: apparently personal injury lawyers are to blame for so-called ‘compensation culture’ when it comes to increasing costs for them.
Personal injury solicitors soak local authority for £1.5m
Personal injury solicitors have gone to town on Cumbria County Council over the past three years, soaking the authority for £1.5 million in claims.
Sometimes it’s the personal injury lawyers who are to blame
It’s not something that’s easy to face or even to talk about, but sometimes the injured suffer because their personal injury lawyers are to blame for suffering.
Why do personal injury claims take so long sometimes?
If there’s one thing that always makes people wonder, it’s how sometimes personal injury claims can take literally decades to resolve themselves.
Man injured in motorbike accident wins £10m accident claim
Want a cool £10 million? No problem – just get yourself nearly crippled in a motorcycle accident and let your personal injury solicitors do the rest.
It pays to have friends in high places, like Wirral’s mayor
It’s proof positive of the old adage that it’s good to have friends in high places: the soon-to-be stepson of Wirral’s mayor just got off Scot-free.