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.
October 2018
The challenges ahead
Adam Thorpe, Solicitor and Manager of the Litigation Team at Winn Solicitors in Byker and MASS Regional Co-ordinator for the North East.
As the Civil Liability Bill moved to the brink of royal assent this week, Adam wonders whether anyone has any idea of how claims will operate on a day to day basis for LIPs or practitioners post implementation?
September 2018
Collaboration is the Key to Fighting Fraud – Not the Wholesale Removal of Legitimate Claimant Rights
Brian Castle, Partner at Digby Brown Solicitors and MASS Regional Co-ordinator for Scotland, looks at the Government’s proposed whiplash reforms and questions whether they are likely to lead to further eradicate fraudulent claims and suggests they could actually have the opposite effect.
August 2018
Musing as I’m cruising – the witterings of a Vice Chair
MASS Vice Chair Paul Nicholls takes a cruise which leads him down memory lane!
July 2018
Legal Apprenticeships – act now to benefit
MASS Training Co-ordinator, Elena Papantoni tells us it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee!
June 2018
The pros and cons of ‘paperless’
Fiona Scurlock is a PI Solicitor at Gray Hooper Holt LLP and MASS Regional Co-ordinator for the South East – and she is struggling to let go!
May 2018
Personal injury amputee claims
Paul Fretwell, Personal Injury Partner at George Ide LLP, asks “who should pay the price for prosthetics and remedial care?”
April 2018
Dash cam use in road traffic accidents
Rachel Green, Head of Fatal Claims for Lyons Davidson, looks the increasing use and benefits of dash cams and how they can play an important part in RTA claims.
March 2018
MedCo – a personal experience
Shelyna Mariscal, a Partner at Hansells in Norwich and MASS Regional Co-ordinator for East Anglia, recently suffered a whiplash injury. She recounts her own unsatisfactory ‘MedCo experience’!
February 2018
Rehab Matters!
Angela Fitzpatrick, Solicitor and MASS Central West Regional Co-ordinator considers the importance of rehabilitation following injury.
January 2018
Is MedCo Really Working?
Matt Currie, Managing Partner for Motor Road Traffic Accident Claims at Irwin Mitchell and MASS Regional Co-ordinator – Central East
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