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Here, you’ll find the latest news, insight and opinion from MASS and our members. Please note some blogs represent the personal views of the contributors and do not necessarily represent MASS’ official view.

How Road Traffic Claims Lawyers Get Paid – If Other Trades Worked This Way 

In road traffic litigation, the question isn’t simply how a lawyer is paid – it’s whether they are paid for the work they do. Every task, every minute, ...

MASS Conference 2026 Programme

The Challenges of Traumatic Brain Injuries

One of the major issues facing personal injury practitioners in road traffic accidents is the issue of discrete brain injuries. As ever, it will come ...

Fixed Costs, Mazur and the Risk of a Two-Tier RTA Market

The point (before anyone reaches for the violins) This isn’t a “woe is me” piece. Plenty of people have it harder than claimant lawyers, and ...

The real cost of driving without insurance

Motor insurance is one of those expenses many drivers resent. With premiums rising year after year, particularly for younger motorists, it can feel less like ...

Get The Balance Right – Increased Litigation In Scotland  

Recently, Scottish Defender Agents have produced a series of articles in Industry Journals and in The Scotsman newspaper bemoaning an increase in the number of ...

Rural road crashes in Scotland

As a partner of a leading Scottish personal injury practice, we see a lot of rural road crashes caused by tourists unfamiliar with our country ...

The Whiplash Reforms & MASS’ response to the Post-Implementation Review

The government’s post-implementation review of the whiplash reforms marks a key moment for RTA Claims practitioners. Several years after the introduction of the Civil Liability ...

Cycle helmets, deregulation and VAR: the ‘moral dimension’

From among the many valuable insights that were shared by some really excellent speakers at the 2024 MASS annual conference, it is one relatively casual ...