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Guest blogger: A journalistic approach to running the country?
13th April, 2011
This is the second in our series of guest blogs. It comes from Malcolm Roberts, owner of Beechwood Services - A document signing and investigation service for claimant solicitors. A wise friend once observed that whenever you read a newspaper a
More...Win an Amazon Kindle! Competition closes Friday 15 April.
11th April, 2011
To enter the competition you must do the following: Answer the following question: Q. How many cancellation reasons do we allow? ...and send your answer by email to Kirsten@boxlegal.co.uk Follow Box Legal on Twitter...just click here: htt
More...The Future for Personal Injury Solicitors
9th April, 2011
OK. I have done After the Event Insurance and the fact that it is going to be needed post-Jackson, so let's look at solicitors shall we? Are they going to be needed, I mean after all, they are going to increase
More...The Future for After the Event Insurance
6th April, 2011
Now that the dust has settled on Ken Clarke's announcement, let's do some crystal ball gazing to see what is going to happen to After the Event Insurance post Jackson implementation. First, let's look at the (likely) rules: After the Event Insuranc
More...Government Based Their Decision on Jaggards Data
1st April, 2011
I have just read the Government's Impact Assessment. I thought for a minute it was an April Fool joke but then looked at the date - it was written 10th March. In the assessment, Annex A reveals that the Ministry of
More...Was Jackson Implementation Politically Motivated?
31st March, 2011
Come on, you've spotted it haven't you? I am not talking about Ken Clarke's reference to the cost of litigation to the NHS. He said lawyers fees were £456m when in fact claimant fees were just £104m. He got himself a
More...Jackson's Proposals to be implemented in full
30th March, 2011
And so it came to pass. Ken Clarke struck down upon the claimant with great vengence etc etc. Well I did warn everyone that a quick decision probably meant the Government had decided to implement Jackson way before the consultation. We
More...Ken Clarke to Announce Government's Decision on Jackson at 3.30pm Today
29th March, 2011
And so it came to pass. After just 43 days in the wilderness, Ken Clarke will today put everyone out of their misery and tell Parliament what the Government intends to do about litigation. Leaked sources indicate that the success fee
More...Has Djanogly Let the Cat out of the Bag?
28th March, 2011
One of our sharp eyed readers (it's Malcolm Roberts again!) has spotted something very interesting. Mr Djanogly (remember him? Junior minister at the MoJ and former city slicker solicitor) spoke recently at an event organised by the National Pro Bono Cent
More...Caselaw Review: Philips v Rafiq & MIB
25th March, 2011
Caselaw Review: Philips v Rafiq & MIB : Deceased client can claim against MIB even though he knew driver was uninsured The Issues: Mr Rafiq was driving the Claimant’s uninsured car, in which the Claimant was travelling as a front seat
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