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Blog 2022-05-20
Official Injury Claim and fraud – searching for the truth
In this blog article, we turn to the emphasis placed on telling the truth when presenting and responding to a claim in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) together with some comments on the latest data released by the Ministry of Justice.
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Article 2022-05-19
Crises: energy prices and what is next for construction
2021 proved to be a tumultuous year for the UK supply chain across various sectors, including construction, with COVID-19, Brexit and the Suez Canal blockage incident causing major disruption to imports and delays in shipping. In this article, we look at how the energy crisis and shortages of raw materials will impact construction insurance, and what the future holds for the construction sector.
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Article 2022-05-19
Managing unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances
In the wake of COVID-19, what is considered as unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances (UECs) has become simultaneously more relevant and less clear. In this article, we delve into what situations are likely to meet the threshold of UECs in the context of COVID-19, what customers’ rights are in these circumstances and what travel companies can do to help.
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News 2022-05-18
Claims Apprentice 2022: The finalists revealed
We are very pleased to reveal the six successful claims professionals who have been chosen as finalists for the third series of Insurance Post’s Claims Apprentice, in association with Kennedys.
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Article 2022-05-17
Healthcare Brief market insights – May 2022
A summary of key developments which include the Ockenden review; recommendations for NHS litigation reform; proposals for fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims; the draft Mental Health Act Reform Bill; the Health and Care Act and the Judicial Review and Courts Act; and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and Liberty Protection Safeguards system.
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Article 2022-05-17
The Ockenden review - a watershed moment in maternity care?
In this article, we explore the key findings, recommendations and lessons learned following the largest review into maternity services at an individual NHS Trust, chaired by senior midwife, Donna Ockenden.
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Case review 2022-05-17
MT ZOUZOU: detention, constructive total loss and mortgagee’s interest insurance - Commercial Court clarifies scope of indemnity
The Commercial Court handed down judgment today in Piraeus Bank v Antares Underwriting Limited and others ('The ZOUZOU'), providing clarity in respect of the proper construction and scope of indemnity cover of mortgagee's interest insurance (MII) policies.
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Article 2022-05-17
Healthcare Brief latest decisions – May 2022
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to non-delegable duty of care; the reintroduction of a claim following earlier discontinuance; secondary victim claims and clinical negligence; and future care and capacity.
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Article 2022-05-16
Solvency II: UK Government consultation
On 28 April 2022, HM Treasury published its Solvency II consultation paper following proposals set out by Economic Secretary to the Treasury at the Association of British Insurers annual dinner on 21 February 2022. In this article, we look at the reforms contained in the consultation, and the impact this will have now that the UK has left the EU.
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Article 2022-05-13
Sexual and physical abuse – sixteenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines
Following the recommendation of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, a new sub-category of psychiatric injury has been included within the sixteenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines. In this article, we explore this new section of the Guidelines and consider whether the courts in Scotland are likely to adopt these new figures in a manner which may bring awards for damages closer to those in England and Wales.