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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2016
It’s back – the first Costs Brief of 2016! Featuring analysis by Nishma Shah covering the thorny issue of proportionality plus Mat Knight asks when is it reasonable to recover costs of two separate firms acting for multiple Claimants in a case. We also cover fast track…
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Nuisance calls
A company which made almost six million nuisance calls in the space of six months has been fined £850,000. Accrington-based National Advice Clinic made the calls about noise-induced hearing loss claims between October 2014 and April 2015. The Claims Management Regulator (CMR), which oversees the…
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Hearing loss claims
The Association of British Insurers is calling for tighter rules for workers claiming compensation for noise-induced hearing loss. It comes after the number of claims almost trebled in three years. More than 70,000 people filed claims last year, down from 85,155 in the prior year but…
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Hearing Loss Claims – High Court Judge in Cardiff confirms NIHL is a disease
Noise Induced Hearing Loss is a disease which falls within section V of the former Part 45 of the CPR and claims for damages for NIHL therefore attract a 62.5% success fee if settled before trial. Such claims are not subject to section IV of…
