Flight Delayed Passengers Can Claim Compensation For Delays Caused By Lightning Strikes
£17.6million court case stands to benefit 54,000 delayed passengers in the UK
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It’s Your Responsibility: Judge Rules Crew Sickness Does Not Excuse Airlines From Paying Flight Delay Compensation
District Judge says if airlines won’t pay for relief staff at airports, ‘they must also build into their thinking the risk that they may have to pay passengers compensation.’
To Be ‘Impecunious’ Or Not To Be, That Is The Question…
Impecuniosity – a term which is rarely used in day to day language but provides so much importance in credit hire claims.
easyjet Loses Landmark Court Case On Flight Delays
Thousands More Passengers Eligible To Claim Flight Compensation Following easyJet Ruling
How Many Disabled People Does It Take To Fill A Plane?
You might think it is a rather odd title to a serious article, but the title is also a genuine question. Just how many disabled people does it take to fill a plane?
A Guide To The Jackson Reforms
Sir Rupert Jackson, a senior judge at the Court of Appeal, was asked by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke to carry out a review into civil costs. The review commenced at the start of 2009 and was presented to the Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw in January 2010.
LASPO – An End Of Access To Justice?
Following the general election in May 2010 the newly elected Conservative-led administration set out a number of radical reforms to Justice in Britain.
Should Insurers Deal With Claimants Directly?
Managing partner David Bott responds to Aviva’s recently released Aviva Road to Reform document.
RTA And Whiplash Fraud – It’s all in the Detail
In the current climate for personal injury claims, specifically RTA, it appears Insurers are raising issues of fraud and Low Velocity Impact far more regularly than in previous years on claims which meet a certain criteria.
APIL: Non-referral Fee Firms Pay £500 To Acquire Cases
A new survey of APIL members suggests that over 50% of personal injury firms do not pay referral fees, but do spend an average of £500 to acquire cases.