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Liability market
Optio Group appoints head of financial lines
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Monthly quota
“Let’s grasp the nettle and commit ourselves to denying potential hazards any chance to fester in workplace by removing them at source – we can do this by forging a clear, ambitious mindset, one that thinks not in terms of the..
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Chemicals
Insurers should consider PFAS risks in policies
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Professional perils
Further premium rate increases for professional indemnity says Howden
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E-cigarettes
High levels of sweet chemicals in e-cigarette liquids
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Legal reforms
Extension of fixed recoverable costs delayed by six months
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Whiplash
“Mixed” whiplash injuries Court of Appeal intervention approved
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Belsner case: some clarity but reform needed
A landmark judgment in what has variously been described as the “costs case of the decade” and the “personal injury case of the year”, provides much-needed clarity for solicitors and their clients who enter into a type of..
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Schools
Natural Afro styles should be allowed in school, says guidance
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Litigation funding
Foreign-sourced money in US civil litigation through litigation funding
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Fraud
Whiplash injury fraudster fined and suspended prison sentence
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Marine
North P&I Club to apply10 per cent general increase in 2023/24
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Product recall
Perigon Product Recall selects crisis consultants
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Keoghs secures “astonishing” FD win and dismissal of £3.7 million claim
By Liam Walsh, associate and Carrie Hoey, partner
On 21 October 2022, Justice Brian Cotter sitting in the Royal Courts of Justice, King’s Bench Division, handed down judgment in the case of Brian Muyepa v Ministry of Defence [2022] EWHC..
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Aviation
Call for implementation of new cabin air quality standards
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Product safety
Hearing loss threat for teens from headphones
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US dimension
US tort system sees US$443 billion in costs and compensation
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Regulation
UK regulators “struggling to recruit and retain”
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Sports
Footballers sue over failure to protect from brain injuries
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Race discrimination
Footballer fails in race discrimination claim
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Occupational asthma
Marijuana plant dust inhalation linked to work-related asthma
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Awards and Settlements
Five-figure sum in compensation for medical negligence
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No Comment!
Great ideas for pointless lawsuits
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Harassment/violence
Trans workers face harassment and violence in Canadian workplaces
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Global construction professional liability market stabilisies – WTW
There are signs that the global construction professional liability is starting to stabilise though rate increases are still prevalent, and in some cases significant, according to WTW’s “Global Construction Professional Liability..
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Tobacco update
US study on student use of tobacco products
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Health and safety
Latest work-related illness figures from HSE
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