Case Law – Personal Injury White Papers

In this report we follow up the Government’s response to our March 2011 report on the cost of motor insurance and also deal with new developments in this area, including the Government’s decision to ban referral fees relating to personal injury cases. VIEW SUMMARY

In the case of Sousa v London Borough of Waltham Forest Council [2011] EWCA Civ 194 the Court of Appeal has given its judgment on an issue which also exercised Lord Justice Jackson: the use of CFAs by insurance companies when bringing subrogated claims against local authorities for tree root damage. VIEW SUMMARY

After losing a claim brought by the international supermodel, Naomi Campbell, Mirror Group Newspapapers has now been successful in its resulting application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The Forum of Insurance Lawyers analyses the case and its implications. VIEW SUMMARY

It is well recognised that it is disproportionately expensive to bring a low-value compensation claim. The ABI surveyed over 50,000 low value motor accident claims from September 2009 to March 2010, and found that for every pound paid in compensation, 87p was paid in legal costs. VIEW SUMMARY

Guildhall Chambers provides a summary and analysis of numerous personal injury law cases in the UK between 2006 and 2007. The implications of the cases are highlighted too from a legal perspective. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper considers environmental case law from May 2006–May 2007. In particular, it covers a case on contaminated land which could have had significant implications for privatised utilities but which the House of Lords has subsequently overruled. VIEW SUMMARY