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Covid-19
Aviva survey finds businesses positive over safe return to work
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Medical Mix
No safe level of caffeine consumption for pregnant women
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Medical Negligence
Clinical negligence claims protocol gains support
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Personal Injury
Personal injury litigation should not be a lottery, says Irish judge
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Product Safety
Call for changes to General Product Safety Directive
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25 September 2020
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Product Liability
Law firm slams lack of action on First Do No Harm report
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Occupational Cancer
Cancer Research UK highlights melanoma skin cancer
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US Dimension
Congress urged to pass the Safe To Work Act
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25 September 2020
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Asbestos Update
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has warned that an app which rates the performance of asbestos workers could potentially be used to blacklist and discriminate workers. The app was launched recently by the Asbestos Removal Contractors..
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25 September 2020
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Professional Perils
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance “unsustainable” warning
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25 September 2020
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Sexual Harassment
Greater risk of suicide for victims of workplace sexual harassment
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Health and Safety
Report calls for Scottish occupational health and safety body
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25 September 2020
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Motor
Impact of lockdown on crash victims highlighted
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25 September 2020
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NHS
Warning of impact on NHS finances by discount rate change in Northern Ireland
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Liability Market
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints casualty underwriters
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Cycling
Bodily injury claims for cyclists and pedestrians double in lockdown
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Road Safety
Highway Code amendments to improve safety for vulnerable road users
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Collective actions and litigation funding and the impact on securities claims: a global snapshot
A new report from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) in collaboration with Clyde & Co examines the spread of collective actions and litigation funding around the world. It notes that while class actions have long been prevalent in..
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Legal Reforms
Irish government urged to accelerate insurance reform
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
No Comment!
Who’s Zooming who?
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Serious injury survey: perceptions, concerns and priorities
A survey by Fletchers Serious Injury into serious injury has found that almost a quarter of people in the UK (24.6 per cent) have suffered a serious injury in the past five years, with 5.7 per cent experiencing multiple injuries, but almost one in..
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Awards and Settlements
£600,000 settlement for extensive hip surgery
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Claims News
Sheriff Personal Injury Court in Scotland decision on costs
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25 September 2020
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Reported road casualties in Great Britain: provisional results 2019
A total of 1,748 people were killed in reported road traffic accidents in Great Britain in 2019, similar to the level seen since 2012, which followed a period of substantial reduction in fatalities from 2006 to 2010. This is according to the latest..
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Case Update
Further warning to physio fraudsters as claimant found fundamentally dishonest
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Medical Negligence
Clinical negligence claims protocol gains support
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Personal Injury
Personal injury litigation should not be a lottery, says Irish judge
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Covid-19
Aviva survey finds businesses positive over safe return to work
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Product Liability
Law firm slams lack of action on First Do No Harm report
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Occupational Cancer
Cancer Research UK highlights melanoma skin cancer
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Medical Mix
No safe level of caffeine consumption for pregnant women
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Liability Market
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints casualty underwriters
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Awards and Settlements
£600,000 settlement for extensive hip surgery
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Cycling
Bodily injury claims for cyclists and pedestrians double in lockdown
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
No Comment!
Who’s Zooming who?
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Serious injury survey: perceptions, concerns and priorities
A survey by Fletchers Serious Injury into serious injury has found that almost a quarter of people in the UK (24.6 per cent) have suffered a serious injury in the past five years, with 5.7 per cent experiencing multiple injuries, but almost one in..
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Collective actions and litigation funding and the impact on securities claims: a global snapshot
A new report from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) in collaboration with Clyde & Co examines the spread of collective actions and litigation funding around the world. It notes that while class actions have long been prevalent in..
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Legal Reforms
Irish government urged to accelerate insurance reform
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Asbestos Update
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has warned that an app which rates the performance of asbestos workers could potentially be used to blacklist and discriminate workers. The app was launched recently by the Asbestos Removal Contractors..
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Product Safety
Call for changes to General Product Safety Directive
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25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Case Update
Further warning to physio fraudsters as claimant found fundamentally dishonest
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Sexual Harassment
Greater risk of suicide for victims of workplace sexual harassment
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Health and Safety
Report calls for Scottish occupational health and safety body
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25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
US Dimension
Congress urged to pass the Safe To Work Act
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Motor
Impact of lockdown on crash victims highlighted
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
NHS
Warning of impact on NHS finances by discount rate change in Northern Ireland
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Professional Perils
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance “unsustainable” warning
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Claims News
Sheriff Personal Injury Court in Scotland decision on costs
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
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Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Reported road casualties in Great Britain: provisional results 2019
A total of 1,748 people were killed in reported road traffic accidents in Great Britain in 2019, similar to the level seen since 2012, which followed a period of substantial reduction in fatalities from 2006 to 2010. This is according to the latest..
Online Published Date:
25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020
Road Safety
Highway Code amendments to improve safety for vulnerable road users
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25 September 2020
Appeared in issue:
Issue 361 - 25 September 2020