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Class actions
UK banks facing class action and group action lawsuits
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US Dimension
American Tort Reform Foundation lists US “Judicial Hellholes”
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Insurers warning over Product Liability Directive revision
Insurance Europe has warned the European Commission that its proposal for a revision of the Product Liability Directive (PLD), and its proposal for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Liability Directive would negatively impact the availability of..
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Johnson & Johnson class action: how the UK and the EU get ready
The American pharma giant is facing more than 40,000 lawsuits in the US which allege that some of its baby powder would have been contaminated with asbestos, causing ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
In this line, a successful US claim against..
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Awards and Settlements
Six-figure sum for spinal cord injury
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Covid-19
European Commission recognises Covid-19 as occupational disease
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Workplace dust exposure
Workplace fumes and dusts heighten rheumatoid arthritis risk
Research suggests that common workplace fumes and dusts may heighten rheumatoid arthritis risk and boost the detrimental impact of smoking and genetic susceptibility on disease..
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Product Safety
Children hospitalised from ingesting small objects doubles in decade
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Product Recall
Fall in European product recalls but regulatory oversight increases
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Chemicals
WTW produces “Guide to navigating PFAS risks” in US
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Food safety
Increase in zoonotic diseases and foodborne outbreaks in 2021
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Tobacco update
Target for England to be smokefree by 2030 will not be met until 2039
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Asbestos update
Left-in-place asbestos not being managed in public buildings and homes
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Mental health
Half of automotive workers in UK struggle with mental health
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Sexual harassment
One in five people employees have experienced violence/harassment at work
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Employment affairs
Increase in successful employment practices suits in UK – Howden
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Directors’ & Officers’
D&O market softened in 2022 and trend to continue says Howden
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Construction
English and Welsh construction industry suicide rate highest ever
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Sport
Hamstring injuries double in 20 years for male professional European footballers
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Fraud
Fraudulent claim family to pay insurer’s £150,000 legal costs
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Costs
Association of Costs Lawyers responds to CJC costs review
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Liability market
UK head of executive and professional lines for BHSI
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Legal reforms
No further guidance for CJC Belsner consultation extension, says ACSO
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Clyde & Co predictions for 2023
Clyde & Co has released its predictions for the insurance market in the coming year. They include nuclear verdicts, class actions in Europe, professional indemnity and D&O.
Nuclear verdicts show no sign of slowing down in 2023
Clyde &..
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25 January 2023
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