Good news for claimants.  Proposals originally published by the Law commission in 1999 are finally becoming law once the appropriate statutory instrument is laid before Parliament.  Amongst other things in the new Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill will enable claims to be made against dissolved companies directly without having to go through the time-consuming […]

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The Ministry of Justice has announced that it has no intention of reversing the house of Lords decision in Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd.  In that case the House of Lords denied the long-standing right to compensation of those suffering from pleural plaque on what many regard as questionable legal grounds.  In Scotland […]

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