MASS Blogs
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Please note MASS Blogs represent the personal views of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official view of MASS.
Our first blog for 2019 will be posted shortly
See also:
- Join MASS’ fight for justice!
- MASS in the Media
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- Understanding the consequences
- City watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers ‘trust dividend’
- Not too late?
- Learning from past mistakes
- Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
- MASS calls for means to make insurers pass on savings
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on how whiplash reform sacrifices legitimate claims
- The war is far from over
- Challenging the politicisation of the judicial process
- Government’s draft whiplash regulation divides industry
- Civil Liability Bill: Whiplash damages and definition revealed
- It’s still not too late to stop and think again
- The Slow Path to Injustice
- Roundtable: Where next for personal injury reform?
- ‘Skeletal’ whiplash bill threatens to sideline parliament, peers warn
- Lack of detail in Civil Liability Bill will “severely limit parliamentary scrutiny”, peers warn
- One step forward, two steps back
- Whiplash reforms divisive
- Whiplash reforms coming in April 2019
- The countdown begins: Whiplash reforms to be introduced April 2019
- Officials confirm April 2019 for RTA claim reforms
- Government sets date for whiplash crackdown
- “Living in a fantasy land” – claimant PI lawyers attack minister’s evidence to MPs
- Government ‘using sledgehammer to crack whiplash nut’
- MASS in the Media – 2017
- Is progress being made?
- Outdated changes
- Personal injury lawyers ask MoJ “what are reforms really for?”
- MASS Chair: MoJ has not learnt from “errors” of LASPO Act & MedCo
- MoJ “set to repeat mistakes of LASPO”, warns MASS Chairman
- Lawyers expect whiplash reforms to drag beyond October 2018
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – August 2017
- The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it?
- Queen’s speech – Labour condemns whiplash plans
- Queen’s Speech – Government to press ahead with PI reform and court modernisation
- Right about the Discount Rate
- Failed objectives
- MoJ ‘firing in wrong direction’
- Consumers deserve to be protected from cold calling
- Government “cherrypicking misleading figures” to push PI reforms
- MoJ accused of using RTA data ‘selectively’
- MoJ cherry-picking DfT figures to push through small claims reforms, says MASS
- Casualty figures undermine whiplash plans – lawyers
- Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers” say economists
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – April 2017
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on the whiplash opportunity
- MASS in the Media – 2016
- Solicitor groups join forces to press for cold-calling ban instead of PI reforms
- Q&A Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors Society
- Cold calling, whiplash reform and IPT – Autumn Statement angers claimant lawyers
- Whiplash reaction – claimant lawyers vent fury at government
- An Alternative Approach
- Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
- Insurers lament ‘delay’ to whiplash reform
- Government shelves personal injury reform
- Why the government’s proposed limitations and banning of whiplash are a mistake
- Unreal injuries and unnecessary claims?
- Lawyers team up to fight whiplash crackdown plans
- A change of direction – July 2016
- Endless repetition of an argument does not make it right – May 2016
- Ten minutes with Susan Brown
- A mixed bag
- Denying Access to Justice – January 2016
- Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces
- MASS in the Media – 2015
- MASS in the Media – 2014
- Claimant chief warns of doctors’ concerns over whiplash panel
- Claims playing field has never been level, says MASS chair
- MASS slams government for endorsing ‘compensation culture’ claims
- Insurers call for deafness fixed fees, as MASS chief warns over their attitude to dishonesty rule
- Bulk PI firms will provide better service – FOIL chief
- ABI deems MedCo software critical in whiplash fraud fight
- Whiplash IT system in the pipeline
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- MASS Responses
- Recent Press Releases
- Response to Justice Committee hearing on raising Small Claims Limit
- Press Releases 2017
- Extracts from Chair’s speech to MASS Annual Conference 2017
- MASS responds to inclusion of Civil Liability Bill in legislative programme
- MASS responds to the publication of the Conservative Party election Manifesto
- Insurers will be the winners and consumers the losers in personal injury ‘reforms’, economic study shows
- MASS: DfT figures show that MoJ reform proposals are based on misleading RTA casualty figures
- Time to put a lid on insurer profits
- Press Releases 2016
- Cold calling must be banned, lawyers’ groups warned this week
- MASS: Proposals will fail to protect the interests of claimants
- MASS responds to MoJ decision not to proceed with whiplash reform
- MASS responds to the Aviva press statement
- MASS comment on appointment of Liz Truss
- MASS comment on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report
- Press Releases 2015
- The genuinely injured deserve justice
- Unsolicited texts and calls should be banned across the PI sector
- MASS chair takes swipe at insurers over pre-med offers for whiplash
- Claims chief urges SRA action on cold call beneficiaries
- MASS chair urges SRA to act against solicitors who take ‘cold-call cases’
- askCUE – joint press statement
- Press Releases 2014
- The balance of justice has shifted in favour of defendants
- ‘Fundamental dishonesty’ clause creates more problems
- TSC report is a sensible blueprint for tackling fraud
- CMA’s provisional decision on remedies on Private Motor Insurance market investigation
- MASS very concerned at rocketing of court fees
- MASS responds to Aviva’s reported data breach
- MASS responds to the ABI Code of Conduct
- MASS Blogs
- MASS Blogged 2018
- FCA regulation Claims Management Companies – November 2018
- The challenges ahead – October 2018
- Collaboration is the Key to Fighting Fraud – September 2018
- Musing as I’m cruising – the witterings of a Vice Chair – August 2018
- Legal Apprenticeships – act now to benefit – July 2018
- The pros and cons of ‘paperless’ – June 2018
- Personal injury amputee claims – May 2018
- Dash cam use in road traffic accidents – April 2018
- MedCo – a personal experience – March 2018
- Rehab Matters! – February 2018
- Is MedCo Really Working? – January 2018
- MASS Blogged 2017
- QOCS for Scots – July 2017
- Part 36, Fixed Costs Reforms and Indemnity Costs – August 2017
- Dictionary Corner Word of the Day – Nugatory – September 2017
- Insurance and the driverless cars – October 2017
- Not another potential reason for rising Insurance Premiums – November 2017
- Diversity – the spice of life? – June 2017
- The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it? – May 2017
- The ever-changing world of prosthetics – April 2017
- Changes to the Discount Rate – March 2017
- Look – no hands! – February 2017
- Off to the Court of Appeal we go … again … January 2017
- MASS Blogged 2016
- MedCo – a role to play – November 2016
- Time to weed out the bad – October 2016
- #whathopefortheunrepresented – September 2016
- The Blurred Lines of Fundamental Dishonesty – August 2016
- Politics and common ground – July 2016
- The importance of shoes – May 2016
- Claims involving uninsured or untraceable drivers – April 2016
- A pain the in neck – whiplash injury compensation – April 2016
- Two wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad? – March 2016
- Access to Justice – February 2016
- What access to justice? – January 2016
- Claimant and defendant groups clash over Insurance Fraud Taskforce report
- MASS Blogged 2015
- What goes down must come up – December 2015
- CMCs are here to stay – November 2015
- Falling on Deaf Ears – November 2015
- Beware the Cybermen! – October 2015
- #MedCo MROs – snog, marry, avoid – what is a boy to do? – September 2015
- What lies ahead – July 2015
- Road Safety Stats – the need for specialist representation – July 2015
- MedCo – Racehorse or Donkey? – June 2015
- RIP Access to Justice – April 2015
- The old adage – March 2015
- Young drivers today – oh how things have changed! – March 2015
- Those were the days … February 2015
- Healthy Body … Healthy Mind? – January 2015
- MASS Blogged 2014
- Mitchell Madness – Procedure before Justice – December 2014
- The pace of change – November 2014
- For reforms sake! – October 2014
- What Lies Ahead for the Personal Injury Specialists? – September 2014
- The phenomenon that is the “Ice Bucket Challenge” – August 2014
- The Times They Are A-Changin’ – July 2014
- The Personal Injury Lawyer – Reimagining our Labour – June 2014
- Beyond the Pale of Acceptable Human Behaviour – May 2014
- MASS Blogged 2018
- Child Brain Injury Trust launches charity partnership with MASS
- Join MASS’ fight for justice!
- MASS in the Media
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- Understanding the consequences
- City watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers ‘trust dividend’
- Not too late?
- Learning from past mistakes
- Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
- MASS calls for means to make insurers pass on savings
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on how whiplash reform sacrifices legitimate claims
- The war is far from over
- Challenging the politicisation of the judicial process
- Government’s draft whiplash regulation divides industry
- Civil Liability Bill: Whiplash damages and definition revealed
- It’s still not too late to stop and think again
- The Slow Path to Injustice
- Roundtable: Where next for personal injury reform?
- ‘Skeletal’ whiplash bill threatens to sideline parliament, peers warn
- Lack of detail in Civil Liability Bill will “severely limit parliamentary scrutiny”, peers warn
- One step forward, two steps back
- Whiplash reforms divisive
- Whiplash reforms coming in April 2019
- The countdown begins: Whiplash reforms to be introduced April 2019
- Officials confirm April 2019 for RTA claim reforms
- Government sets date for whiplash crackdown
- “Living in a fantasy land” – claimant PI lawyers attack minister’s evidence to MPs
- Government ‘using sledgehammer to crack whiplash nut’
- MASS in the Media – 2017
- Is progress being made?
- Outdated changes
- Personal injury lawyers ask MoJ “what are reforms really for?”
- MASS Chair: MoJ has not learnt from “errors” of LASPO Act & MedCo
- MoJ “set to repeat mistakes of LASPO”, warns MASS Chairman
- Lawyers expect whiplash reforms to drag beyond October 2018
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – August 2017
- The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it?
- Queen’s speech – Labour condemns whiplash plans
- Queen’s Speech – Government to press ahead with PI reform and court modernisation
- Right about the Discount Rate
- Failed objectives
- MoJ ‘firing in wrong direction’
- Consumers deserve to be protected from cold calling
- Government “cherrypicking misleading figures” to push PI reforms
- MoJ accused of using RTA data ‘selectively’
- MoJ cherry-picking DfT figures to push through small claims reforms, says MASS
- Casualty figures undermine whiplash plans – lawyers
- Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers” say economists
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – April 2017
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on the whiplash opportunity
- MASS in the Media – 2016
- Solicitor groups join forces to press for cold-calling ban instead of PI reforms
- Q&A Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors Society
- Cold calling, whiplash reform and IPT – Autumn Statement angers claimant lawyers
- Whiplash reaction – claimant lawyers vent fury at government
- An Alternative Approach
- Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
- Insurers lament ‘delay’ to whiplash reform
- Government shelves personal injury reform
- Why the government’s proposed limitations and banning of whiplash are a mistake
- Unreal injuries and unnecessary claims?
- Lawyers team up to fight whiplash crackdown plans
- A change of direction – July 2016
- Endless repetition of an argument does not make it right – May 2016
- Ten minutes with Susan Brown
- A mixed bag
- Denying Access to Justice – January 2016
- Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces
- MASS in the Media – 2015
- MASS in the Media – 2014
- Claimant chief warns of doctors’ concerns over whiplash panel
- Claims playing field has never been level, says MASS chair
- MASS slams government for endorsing ‘compensation culture’ claims
- Insurers call for deafness fixed fees, as MASS chief warns over their attitude to dishonesty rule
- Bulk PI firms will provide better service – FOIL chief
- ABI deems MedCo software critical in whiplash fraud fight
- Whiplash IT system in the pipeline
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- MASS Responses
- Recent Press Releases
- Response to Justice Committee hearing on raising Small Claims Limit
- Press Releases 2017
- Extracts from Chair’s speech to MASS Annual Conference 2017
- MASS responds to inclusion of Civil Liability Bill in legislative programme
- MASS responds to the publication of the Conservative Party election Manifesto
- Insurers will be the winners and consumers the losers in personal injury ‘reforms’, economic study shows
- MASS: DfT figures show that MoJ reform proposals are based on misleading RTA casualty figures
- Time to put a lid on insurer profits
- Press Releases 2016
- Cold calling must be banned, lawyers’ groups warned this week
- MASS: Proposals will fail to protect the interests of claimants
- MASS responds to MoJ decision not to proceed with whiplash reform
- MASS responds to the Aviva press statement
- MASS comment on appointment of Liz Truss
- MASS comment on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report
- Press Releases 2015
- The genuinely injured deserve justice
- Unsolicited texts and calls should be banned across the PI sector
- MASS chair takes swipe at insurers over pre-med offers for whiplash
- Claims chief urges SRA action on cold call beneficiaries
- MASS chair urges SRA to act against solicitors who take ‘cold-call cases’
- askCUE – joint press statement
- Press Releases 2014
- The balance of justice has shifted in favour of defendants
- ‘Fundamental dishonesty’ clause creates more problems
- TSC report is a sensible blueprint for tackling fraud
- CMA’s provisional decision on remedies on Private Motor Insurance market investigation
- MASS very concerned at rocketing of court fees
- MASS responds to Aviva’s reported data breach
- MASS responds to the ABI Code of Conduct
- MASS Blogs
- MASS Blogged 2018
- FCA regulation Claims Management Companies – November 2018
- The challenges ahead – October 2018
- Collaboration is the Key to Fighting Fraud – September 2018
- Musing as I’m cruising – the witterings of a Vice Chair – August 2018
- Legal Apprenticeships – act now to benefit – July 2018
- The pros and cons of ‘paperless’ – June 2018
- Personal injury amputee claims – May 2018
- Dash cam use in road traffic accidents – April 2018
- MedCo – a personal experience – March 2018
- Rehab Matters! – February 2018
- Is MedCo Really Working? – January 2018
- MASS Blogged 2017
- QOCS for Scots – July 2017
- Part 36, Fixed Costs Reforms and Indemnity Costs – August 2017
- Dictionary Corner Word of the Day – Nugatory – September 2017
- Insurance and the driverless cars – October 2017
- Not another potential reason for rising Insurance Premiums – November 2017
- Diversity – the spice of life? – June 2017
- The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it? – May 2017
- The ever-changing world of prosthetics – April 2017
- Changes to the Discount Rate – March 2017
- Look – no hands! – February 2017
- Off to the Court of Appeal we go … again … January 2017
- MASS Blogged 2016
- MedCo – a role to play – November 2016
- Time to weed out the bad – October 2016
- #whathopefortheunrepresented – September 2016
- The Blurred Lines of Fundamental Dishonesty – August 2016
- Politics and common ground – July 2016
- The importance of shoes – May 2016
- Claims involving uninsured or untraceable drivers – April 2016
- A pain the in neck – whiplash injury compensation – April 2016
- Two wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad? – March 2016
- Access to Justice – February 2016
- What access to justice? – January 2016
- Claimant and defendant groups clash over Insurance Fraud Taskforce report
- MASS Blogged 2015
- What goes down must come up – December 2015
- CMCs are here to stay – November 2015
- Falling on Deaf Ears – November 2015
- Beware the Cybermen! – October 2015
- #MedCo MROs – snog, marry, avoid – what is a boy to do? – September 2015
- What lies ahead – July 2015
- Road Safety Stats – the need for specialist representation – July 2015
- MedCo – Racehorse or Donkey? – June 2015
- RIP Access to Justice – April 2015
- The old adage – March 2015
- Young drivers today – oh how things have changed! – March 2015
- Those were the days … February 2015
- Healthy Body … Healthy Mind? – January 2015
- MASS Blogged 2014
- Mitchell Madness – Procedure before Justice – December 2014
- The pace of change – November 2014
- For reforms sake! – October 2014
- What Lies Ahead for the Personal Injury Specialists? – September 2014
- The phenomenon that is the “Ice Bucket Challenge” – August 2014
- The Times They Are A-Changin’ – July 2014
- The Personal Injury Lawyer – Reimagining our Labour – June 2014
- Beyond the Pale of Acceptable Human Behaviour – May 2014
- MASS Blogged 2018
- Child Brain Injury Trust launches charity partnership with MASS