MASS in the Media
See also:
- MASS in the Media
- MASS in the Media – 2020
- Press release: Governance of new Portal
- Lawyers make late plea to halt massive whiplash cuts
- Claimant Lawyers urge Lord Chief to step in on whiplash reforms
- Press release: Government’s proposed tariff of damages “fundamentally flawed”
- Update from MASS for Liverpool Law Magazine
- RTA claims under the coronavirus pandemic – May 2020
- A welcome delay
- Lord Chancellor on whiplash reforms: “Now is not the time to press ahead”
- Whiplash reforms delayed again – this time to April 2021
- Whiplash reforms delayed until April 2021
- RTA claims under the coronavirus pandemic – April 2020
- Digitalisation of the expert
- Online PI claims service almost ready to replace paper process
- Whiplash: Decision to ditch ADR condemned
- New setback in race to begin whiplash reform in April
- Turbulence ahead for the claims sector
- MoJ: Still no whiplash rules but April remains the plan
- MASS in the Media – 2019
- New Challenges
- MoJ defends position on access to justice for children amid whiplash criticism
- MoJ: No change to whiplash reform timetable
- Whiplash reforms timeline in ‘grave doubt’ as general election looms
- Calls for ‘whiplash Brexit’ extension grow
- Insurers accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’over pre-medical settlements
- Claimant lobby vows action over ‘ridiculous’ portal tariff rates
- Lawyers attack government’s FoI response on whiplash tariff
- Top motor accident solicitor slams ministers on whiplash
- MoJ on whiplash portal: “We must not rush it”
- Decisions still to be made
- Trade voice – Paul Nicholls, MASS Chair
- Protecting the accident victim
- Credit hire and repair costs “recoverable under new portal”
- Trade body calls for optimism on government’s RTA claims vision
- Anger with MoJ over whiplash reforms begins to boil over
- Fraud Charter ‘Help us stamp out bad CMCs’ – FCA’s plea to the industry
- Let’s talk premiums
- Lawyers catalogue problems with whiplash portal build
- Lawyers slam government for ‘cutting corners’ on whiplash portal
- MASS accuses MoJ of ‘cutting corners’ in whiplash portal development
- What does the future look like?
- Speed limiters in cars ‘could create insurance gap’
- The devil is in the detail
- Analysis: LASPO gets a clean bill of health
- Both claimant and defendant lawyers unhappy with LASPO review
- LASPO part 2: MoJ content that civil reforms have driven down costs
- MASS comment on the LASPO Part 2 Review
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- Understanding the consequences
- City watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers ‘trust dividend’
- Whiplash portal on track for April 2020 launch
- Not too late?
- “No way” whiplash portal will be ready for April 2020
- Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
- MASS calls for means to make insurers pass on savings
- Time to put a lid on insurer profits
- Learning from past mistakes
- 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
- Insurers and claimant lawyers react to whiplash reforms
- Whiplash reforms divisive
- Whiplash reforms coming in April 2019
- Whiplash claims to be reformed 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’
- Response to Justice Committee hearing on raising Small Claims Limit
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – January 2018
- MASS in the Media – 2017
- Is progress being made?
- Outdated changes
- MASS Article for Costs Lawyer Magazine
- 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
- Extracts from Chair’s speech to MASS Annual Conference 2017
- 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
- Queen’s speech: PI reforms to go ahead
- MASS responds to inclusion of Civil Liability Bill in legislative programme
- Defendant firms in £126m credit hire claim to face October 2018 hearing
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on the whiplash opportunity
- MASS responds to the publication of the Conservative Party election Manifesto
- Right about the Discount Rate
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – April 2017
- Failed objectives
- Insurers will be the winners and consumers the losers in personal injury ‘reforms’, economic study shows
- 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
- MASS: DfT figures show that MoJ reform proposals are based on misleading RTA casualty figures
- Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers” say economists
- MASS in the Media – 2016
- Cold calling must be banned, lawyers’ groups warned this week
- 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
- MASS: Proposals will fail to protect the interests of claimants
- Whiplash reaction – claimant lawyers vent fury at government
- An Alternative Approach
- Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
- MASS responds to MoJ decision not to proceed with whiplash reform
- 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?
- MASS responds to the Aviva press statement
- MASS comment on appointment of Liz Truss
- 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
- MASS comment on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report
- Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces
- MASS in the Media – 2015
- The genuinely injured deserve justice
- MASS demands blanket ban on cold calls and texts as CMC review closes
- Unsolicited texts and calls should be banned across the PI sector
- Falling on deaf ears
- An opportunity to make a difference
- 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’
- MedCo – give it a chance
- What lies ahead
- Wishful Thinking
- askCUE – joint press statement
- Insurers open data to claimant solicitors in fraud crackdown
- The old adage
- 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
- 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 in the Media – 2020
- Join MASS’ fight for justice!
- MASS Responses
- MASS Blogs
- Courtesy vehicle or hire vehicle?
- Road traffic injury claims – back to basics
- Remote hearings – the story so far
- Rental E-scooters – A New Safety Risk for Road Users
- Spinal cord injury – vital support for family members
- Motor Insurers in the slow lane
- Court Fee Consent Order Confusion
- Working from home – it’s good to talk
- Covid-19 and the benefits of training at home – March 2020
- MASS Associate Membership – by someone who knows!
- Discount Rate – Why is Scotland Different?
- The 5 New Laws Motorists Need to Know About in 2020 – January 2020
- MASS Blogged 2019
- New drug driving initiative in Scotland – November 2019
- Home Sweet Home – October 2019
- Boris and Bikes – August 2019
- Dangerous bad driving ruins lives – July 2019
- The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 – Insult to Fatal Injury – June 2019
- You are amazing! – May 2019
- What does in-house legal training involve? – April 2019
- A Reduction in (Un)meritorious Claims? – March 2019
- Arbitration post reform – one to think about – February 2019
- How well do you know your Highway Code? – January 2019
- 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
- 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 in the Media
- MASS in the Media – 2020
- Press release: Governance of new Portal
- Lawyers make late plea to halt massive whiplash cuts
- Claimant Lawyers urge Lord Chief to step in on whiplash reforms
- Press release: Government’s proposed tariff of damages “fundamentally flawed”
- Update from MASS for Liverpool Law Magazine
- RTA claims under the coronavirus pandemic – May 2020
- A welcome delay
- Lord Chancellor on whiplash reforms: “Now is not the time to press ahead”
- Whiplash reforms delayed again – this time to April 2021
- Whiplash reforms delayed until April 2021
- RTA claims under the coronavirus pandemic – April 2020
- Digitalisation of the expert
- Online PI claims service almost ready to replace paper process
- Whiplash: Decision to ditch ADR condemned
- New setback in race to begin whiplash reform in April
- Turbulence ahead for the claims sector
- MoJ: Still no whiplash rules but April remains the plan
- MASS in the Media – 2019
- New Challenges
- MoJ defends position on access to justice for children amid whiplash criticism
- MoJ: No change to whiplash reform timetable
- Whiplash reforms timeline in ‘grave doubt’ as general election looms
- Calls for ‘whiplash Brexit’ extension grow
- Insurers accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’over pre-medical settlements
- Claimant lobby vows action over ‘ridiculous’ portal tariff rates
- Lawyers attack government’s FoI response on whiplash tariff
- Top motor accident solicitor slams ministers on whiplash
- MoJ on whiplash portal: “We must not rush it”
- Decisions still to be made
- Trade voice – Paul Nicholls, MASS Chair
- Protecting the accident victim
- Credit hire and repair costs “recoverable under new portal”
- Trade body calls for optimism on government’s RTA claims vision
- Anger with MoJ over whiplash reforms begins to boil over
- Fraud Charter ‘Help us stamp out bad CMCs’ – FCA’s plea to the industry
- Let’s talk premiums
- Lawyers catalogue problems with whiplash portal build
- Lawyers slam government for ‘cutting corners’ on whiplash portal
- MASS accuses MoJ of ‘cutting corners’ in whiplash portal development
- What does the future look like?
- Speed limiters in cars ‘could create insurance gap’
- The devil is in the detail
- Analysis: LASPO gets a clean bill of health
- Both claimant and defendant lawyers unhappy with LASPO review
- LASPO part 2: MoJ content that civil reforms have driven down costs
- MASS comment on the LASPO Part 2 Review
- MASS in the Media – 2018
- Understanding the consequences
- City watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers ‘trust dividend’
- Whiplash portal on track for April 2020 launch
- Not too late?
- “No way” whiplash portal will be ready for April 2020
- Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
- MASS calls for means to make insurers pass on savings
- Time to put a lid on insurer profits
- Learning from past mistakes
- 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
- Insurers and claimant lawyers react to whiplash reforms
- Whiplash reforms divisive
- Whiplash reforms coming in April 2019
- Whiplash claims to be reformed 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’
- Response to Justice Committee hearing on raising Small Claims Limit
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – January 2018
- MASS in the Media – 2017
- Is progress being made?
- Outdated changes
- MASS Article for Costs Lawyer Magazine
- 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
- Extracts from Chair’s speech to MASS Annual Conference 2017
- 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
- Queen’s speech: PI reforms to go ahead
- MASS responds to inclusion of Civil Liability Bill in legislative programme
- Defendant firms in £126m credit hire claim to face October 2018 hearing
- MASS’ Simon Stanfield on the whiplash opportunity
- MASS responds to the publication of the Conservative Party election Manifesto
- Right about the Discount Rate
- Association of District Judges Bulletin – April 2017
- Failed objectives
- Insurers will be the winners and consumers the losers in personal injury ‘reforms’, economic study shows
- 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
- MASS: DfT figures show that MoJ reform proposals are based on misleading RTA casualty figures
- Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers” say economists
- MASS in the Media – 2016
- Cold calling must be banned, lawyers’ groups warned this week
- 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
- MASS: Proposals will fail to protect the interests of claimants
- Whiplash reaction – claimant lawyers vent fury at government
- An Alternative Approach
- Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
- MASS responds to MoJ decision not to proceed with whiplash reform
- 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?
- MASS responds to the Aviva press statement
- MASS comment on appointment of Liz Truss
- 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
- MASS comment on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report
- Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces
- MASS in the Media – 2015
- The genuinely injured deserve justice
- MASS demands blanket ban on cold calls and texts as CMC review closes
- Unsolicited texts and calls should be banned across the PI sector
- Falling on deaf ears
- An opportunity to make a difference
- 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’
- MedCo – give it a chance
- What lies ahead
- Wishful Thinking
- askCUE – joint press statement
- Insurers open data to claimant solicitors in fraud crackdown
- The old adage
- 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
- 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 in the Media – 2020
- Join MASS’ fight for justice!
- MASS Responses
- MASS Blogs
- Courtesy vehicle or hire vehicle?
- Road traffic injury claims – back to basics
- Remote hearings – the story so far
- Rental E-scooters – A New Safety Risk for Road Users
- Spinal cord injury – vital support for family members
- Motor Insurers in the slow lane
- Court Fee Consent Order Confusion
- Working from home – it’s good to talk
- Covid-19 and the benefits of training at home – March 2020
- MASS Associate Membership – by someone who knows!
- Discount Rate – Why is Scotland Different?
- The 5 New Laws Motorists Need to Know About in 2020 – January 2020
- MASS Blogged 2019
- New drug driving initiative in Scotland – November 2019
- Home Sweet Home – October 2019
- Boris and Bikes – August 2019
- Dangerous bad driving ruins lives – July 2019
- The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 – Insult to Fatal Injury – June 2019
- You are amazing! – May 2019
- What does in-house legal training involve? – April 2019
- A Reduction in (Un)meritorious Claims? – March 2019
- Arbitration post reform – one to think about – February 2019
- How well do you know your Highway Code? – January 2019
- 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
- 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