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Product Liability

EU consumer protection authorities in common action against VW

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Equality

Equality and Human Rights Commission issues rights Brexit plan

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Tobacco Update

UK smokers on the decline, says ONS

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Food Safety
Food Standards Agency says campylobacter cases fell in 2016 

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Lord Justice Jackson: the review of fixed recoverable costs
Lord Justice Jackson has provided an update on the Review of Fixed Recoverable Costs in a speech at a recent Costs Conference.
He noted that the terms of reference for the review were:
To develop proposals for extending the..
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Product Safety

European Chemicals Agency publishes data on chemicals

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Features
Department for Education survey on asbestos management in schools

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Medical Negligence

Rapid Resolution and Redress scheme proposed for birth injuries

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No Comment!

Road rage signals (or lack of them)

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Personal Injury

Kennedys launches online personal injury litigation tool

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Driven to safety: robot cars and the future of liability

A new report from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) has warned that many proposals to ensure safety and accountability in relation to driverless vehicles, or robot cars, would in fact give robot car manufacturers legal immunity for injuries..
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Monthly Quota

“The concern is that the discount rate change will see much of the money move from the pockets of motorists and into those of personal injury lawyers, who campaigned for it.” – Simon McCulloch, director of insurance comparison..
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Legal Moves

Kennedys to hire casualty team from Hill Dickinson

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Liability Market

Insurers can now model liability exposure probabilistically

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Collective Redress

Collective redress or “class action” models on rise in EU

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Discount Rate

IUA proposes discount rate reforms

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Tribunals

Tribunal compensation limits increased

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Fraud

DWF calls for collective response to organised fraud in Scotland

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Claims Management

Advent Claims launches ABS company Advent Law

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Awards & Settlements

£70,000 in damages for hospital cleaners’ chemical exposure

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Road Safety

Road traffic fatalities in Ireland: 23 per cent are work-related

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Motor

Autonomous vehicles: liability shift will transform market

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NHS

NHS Litigation Authority to become NHS Resolution

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Professional Perils

No reduction in professional indemnity costs from reform says Law Society

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Health & Safety

NICE publishes Healthy Workplaces quality standard

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Aviation

UK pilots will suffer “burnout” if roster issues not addressed

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Employment Affairs

ONS report on working days lost to sickness or injury

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Obesity

PHE sets out plan for sugar reduction

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US Dimension

Trump rescinds Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order

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Claims News

Fraudulent whiplash claim successfully defended

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CJEU ruling on visible religious symbols and discrimination

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found that employers could ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols but must have a relevant policy in place before doing so.
The CJEU stated: “An internal rule of an..
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Environment Affairs

Safety standards for glyphosate failing to protect

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