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Just Costs Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Seminar to be held at Deans Court Chambers on the afternoon of Thursday, 8 March

One of our Directors David Pipkin will be speaking at Just Costs Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Seminar to be held at Deans Court Chambers on the afternoon of Thursday, 8 March. We would be delighted if any of our coverholders wanted to attend.

Progress of the LASPO Bill

The Bill is currently passing through the Committee stage before the House of Lords in a number of debates and is due to revisit it again on 30th January next. Despite the unpopularity of the Bill (51 peers in the House of Lords spoke against the Bill at its first hearing),it continues in its stately progress in its misguided attempt to slay the mythical dragon of the compensation culture while preserving the essential principle of maintaining access to justice.

“Referral Fees will have little effect for Clinical negligence lawyers”

Our David Pipkin spoke at a regional conference for lawyers organised by the Action for victims of Medical Accidents (AvMA) on the 23 November in Birmingham and discussed the potential effect of a ban on referral fees and suggested that he believes the effect on Clinical negligence lawyers will be negligible.

Croc QOCS

Our Michael Lent discusses the implications of the Qualified One-way Costs Shifting (QOCS) rules and the consequences of their implementation.

Children In Need – of the law not to change on recoverability

Parliament is currently considering the LASPO Bill, which if enacted as drafted, will mean that child accident victims will not be able to keep all of their damages. Temple's Paul Bonner reflects on the implications of the Bill coming in to force.

Whitehall Farce - Litigation Funding

Temple's David Pipkin contributes to Litigation Funding with an article about the proposed Jackson Reforms and the government's lack of engagement with the ATE sector but says it's not too late to change tack