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The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU): Transforming the CRU Service – Update

Update

15th Sep 2022

Compensation Recovery Unit, Damages, Injury, New Compensation Recovery Service, On-line Portal, Protocols and Portals

FOIL

Since 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 2022

CPR & Courts, Defendants must register, Digital Claims Portal (DCP), Protocols and Portals

FOIL

By 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 2022

Abuse & safeguarding, Children, Children Act 1989

FOIL

HXA 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 2022

Legal principles, Motor, Statutory Three-Years, Whiplash, Whiplash Tariff

FOIL

The 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 2022

CPR & Courts, CRU1, Damages, Settlement Notification and Payment

FOIL

The 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 2022

Crypto tokens, Data objects, Digital Assets, Law Reform, Legal principles, Property, Technology, Third category of personal property

FOIL

The 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 2022

ADR, Automatic referral, CPR & Courts, External mediators, Protocols and Portals, Small Claims Mediation Service

FOIL

This 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 2022

Commonwealth Insurance Forum, FOIL, FOIL Event, Trade bodies / regulators

FOIL

FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum – Slides

Update

18th Jul 2022

Commonwealth Insurance Forum, FOIL, FOIL Event, Trade bodies / regulators

FOIL

Always check the wording of orders!

Update

11th Jul 2022

Adelekun, Consent Order, Contracted out, Costs, Costs to be assessed, CPR & Courts, CPR 45 - SIIIA, Fixed Recoverable Costs, Legal, Legal principles

FOIL

Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Limited (2022) EWCA Civ 927

An early look at the application of the new guideline hourly rates

Update

8th Jul 2022

Costs, CPR & Courts, CPR 44.6, Delegation, Excessive Rates, New Guideline Hourly Rates, PD44-9.2, Summary assessment of costs

FOIL

Rushbrooke UK Ltd v 4 Designs Concept Ltd (2022) EWHC 1416 (Ch)

Defendants and Damages Based Agreements

Update

7th Jul 2022

CPR & Courts, Damages, Damages Based Agreement Regulations 2013, Defendants, Legal principles, No recovery from the other side, S45 LASPO 2012, S58AA Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

FOIL

Candey Limited v Tonstate Group Limited and others (2022) EWCA Civ 936

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Updates and Briefing Papers

The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU): Transforming the CRU Service – Update

Defendants mandated to use the Damages Claims Pilot from 15th September

Child Abuse: A Local Authority’s Duty of Care

Review of the whiplash tariff after one year of implementation

Notification from CRU relating to form CRU1

Law Commission Consultation: Digital Assets

Government Consultation: Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system

FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum

FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum – Slides

Always check the wording of orders!

An early look at the application of the new guideline hourly rates

Defendants and Damages Based Agreements

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The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU): Transforming the CRU Service – Update

Defendants mandated to use the Damages Claims Pilot from 15th September

Child Abuse: A Local Authority’s Duty of Care

Review of the whiplash tariff after one year of implementation

Notification from CRU relating to form CRU1

Law Commission Consultation: Digital Assets

Government Consultation: Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system

FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum

FOIL and The Commonwealth Insurance Forum – Slides

Always check the wording of orders!

An early look at the application of the new guideline hourly rates

Defendants and Damages Based Agreements

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