Claims for Credit Hire at Stage 3 Hearings Update 4th Oct 2022CPR & Courts, Parts 7 and 8, Phillips v Willis, Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents, Protocols and Portals, Stage 3 HearingFOILLondon Borough of Islington v Bourous and Davis v Yousaf (2022) EWCA Civ 1242
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Update 27th Sep 2022Assimilated Law, CPR & Courts, Domestic Courts, EU Derived Legislation, Marine, Overseas Law & Brexit, SunsettingFOILThis Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22nd September 2022. As members will know, retained EU Law is a category of domestic law created at the end of the transition period and consists of EU-derived legislation that was preserved in our domestic legal framework by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU): Transforming the CRU Service – Update Update 15th Sep 2022Compensation Recovery Unit, Damages, Injury, New Compensation Recovery Service, On-line Portal, Protocols and PortalsFOILSince CRU’s last update in June 2022, regarding transforming its Debt Recovery work, it has been developing a new service, the Compensation Recovery Service (CRS).
Defendants mandated to use the Damages Claims Pilot from 15th September Update 9th Sep 2022CPR & Courts, Defendants must register, Digital Claims Portal (DCP), Protocols and PortalsFOILBy way of the 150th Update, amendments are made to Practice Direction 51ZB – The Damages Claims Pilot, which supplements the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. These come into force on 15th September 2022.
Child Abuse: A Local Authority’s Duty of Care Update 5th Sep 2022Abuse & safeguarding, Children, Children Act 1989FOILHXA v Surrey County Council and YXA (Protected Party) v Wolverhampton City Council (2022) EWCA Civ 1196
Review of the whiplash tariff after one year of implementation Update 12th Aug 2022Legal principles, Motor, Statutory Three-Years, Whiplash, Whiplash TariffFOILThe Deputy Director of the Civil Justice and Law Policy Division of the Ministry of Justice has written to Stuart Hardy, President of FOIL to provide members with an update on the Government’s whiplash reform programme.
Notification from CRU relating to form CRU1 Update 3rd Aug 2022CPR & Courts, CRU1, Damages, Settlement Notification and PaymentFOILThe Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has requested FOIL to bring the following notice to the attention of members dealing with accident and disease claims.
Law Commission Consultation: Digital Assets Update 2nd Aug 2022Crypto tokens, Data objects, Digital Assets, Law Reform, Legal principles, Property, Technology, Third category of personal propertyFOILThe Law Commission (LC) has published a consultation paper which contains provisional law reform proposals to ensure that the law recognises and protects digital assets (including crypto-tokens and cryptoassets) in a digitised world.
Government Consultation: Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system Update 27th Jul 2022ADR, Automatic referral, CPR & Courts, External mediators, Protocols and Portals, Small Claims Mediation ServiceFOILThis consultation opened on 26th July and relates to the Government’s proposal to introduce automatic referral to mediation for all proceedings allocated to the small claims track of the County Court.
FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum Update 18th Jul 2022Commonwealth Insurance Forum, FOIL, FOIL Event, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOIL
FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum – Slides Update 18th Jul 2022Commonwealth Insurance Forum, FOIL, FOIL Event, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOIL
Always check the wording of orders! Update 11th Jul 2022Adelekun, Consent Order, Contracted out, Costs, Costs to be assessed, CPR & Courts, CPR 45 - SIIIA, Fixed Recoverable Costs, Legal, Legal principlesFOILDoyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Limited (2022) EWCA Civ 927
