By Matthew Best – Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 5 minute 6 seconds) You may well have seen the recent news about litigation funding in recent weeks. One of my former colleagues once said that he believes that finding the right funding partner at the right time enables you and your client to share […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 27 seconds) The Civil Liability Bill that went through parliament during 2018 was aimed at two distinct aspects of personal injury claims – lawyers responsible for lower value RTA claims and the discount rate. It is the former that I concentrate on in this […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 50 seconds) CEDR was founded in 1990 at a time when mediation and other forms of ADR were in their infancy (save, of course, for arbitration). In the subsequent 30 years mediation has grown from a somewhat obscure concept that practitioners approached with some […]

By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 19 seconds) Covid 19 D-Day has come and gone and, since then, it feels like I haven’t been off the motorway attending face-to-face meetings with existing and prospective clients – as well as the Zoom/Teams meetings continuing. All of which has prompted me […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 33 seconds) When it comes to your client’s personal injury claim, at some point you will need to obtain medical evidence – either through direct instruction with the expert themselves or via a medical agency. Whichever option you choose, each will come with their own pros and cons. Here we […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 27 seconds) Previously it was reported that we may see a ‘tidal wave’ of litigation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst that may well be the case in the months or perhaps years to come, to date we have only started to see a few […]