Response to the DOJ consultation on minor settlements Response 27th Sep 2021DOJ, Injury, Minor settlements, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL Northern Ireland
A response by FOIL to the DOJ’s consultation on increasing the general civil jurisdiction of the county courts in Northern Ireland Response 5th May 2021County court, CPR & Courts, Department of Justice, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL is entirely supportive of the aims of the Department of Justice in consulting on increasing the jurisdictional limits: to make the civil justice system faster, more convenient, and more efficient. FOIL has campaigned frequently for reforms aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the court process and reducing the cost of litigation, thereby supporting access to justice.
Joint Response to the Call for Evidence by the Justice Committee – Committee Stage – Damages (Return on Investment) Bill Response 5th May 2021BIBA, Call for evidence, CPR & Courts, Damages, Damages, Justice Committee, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL NI and BIBA (the joint signatories) acknowledge the new proposed statutory methodology for calculating the personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland as infinitely preferable to the current methodology used under Wells v Wells, under which the Minister’s recent announcement to strike a rate at -1.75% is based.
Joint letter to the NI Committee for Justice re the Damages (Return on Investment) Bill Response 22nd Apr 2021Damages, Discount RateFOILFOIL Northern IrelandAt the time of our last contact with the Committee the Department of Justice had decided not to proceed with a review of the Discount Rate under Wells v Wells, on the basis that, instead, the above Bill would be brought forward to change the methodology for setting the rate, to deliver 100% compensation, no more and no less.
Response to the Civil Justice Council Guideline Hourly Rates Working Group Report for Consultation Response 1st Apr 2021CJC, Costs, Costs, CPR & Courts, GHRFOILLondon Market FOILThe weaknesses in the methodology adopted for conducting the GHR review are well-known: the working group itself acknowledges them in para 3.8 of the report:
GHR DATA PROFESSIONS re FOIL request Response 18th Mar 2021CJC, Costs, Costs, CPR & CourtsFOILGHR DATA PROFESSIONS re FOIL request
GHR DATA from CJC re FOI request Response 18th Mar 2021CJC, Costs, Costs, CPR & CourtsFOILGHR DATA from CJC re FOI
FOIL position Paper Civil Litigation Post-COVID Response 16th Feb 2021Civil litigation, Corona Virus, COVID-19, Legal principlesFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL ScotlandLondon Market FOIL
Liability for NHS Charges Response Response 1st Oct 2020Clinical Negligence, Disease, Injury, NHSFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL ScotlandLondon Market FOIL
Letter to CJC on Guideline Hourly Rates Response 30th Sep 2020Call for evidence, CJC, Costs, CPR & Courts, GHR, Guideline Hourly RateFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL ScotlandLondon Market FOIL
Response to Dept of Justice and Equality consultation on the Discount Rate Response 3rd Sep 2020Damages, Discount RateFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL ScotlandLondon Market FOIL
Response to Department of Justice Consultation on the Discount Rate Response 14th Aug 2020Catastrophic, Damages, Department of Justice, Discount Rate, Injury, Personal Injury, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL Northern Ireland
