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    • 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 2014
      • Beyond the Pale of Acceptable Human Behaviour – May 2014
      • For reforms sake! – October 2014
      • Mitchell Madness – Procedure before Justice – December 2014
      • The pace of change – November 2014
      • The Personal Injury Lawyer – Reimagining our Labour – June 2014
      • The phenomenon that is the “Ice Bucket Challenge” – August 2014
      • The Times They Are A-Changin’ – July 2014
      • What Lies Ahead for the Personal Injury Specialists? – September 2014
    • MASS Blogged 2015
      • #MedCo MROs – snog, marry, avoid – what is a boy to do? – September 2015
      • Beware the Cybermen! – October 2015
      • CMCs are here to stay – November 2015
      • Falling on Deaf Ears – November 2015
      • Healthy Body … Healthy Mind? – January 2015
      • MedCo – Racehorse or Donkey? – June 2015
      • RIP Access to Justice – April 2015
      • Road Safety Stats – the need for specialist representation – July 2015
      • The old adage – March 2015
      • Those were the days … February 2015
      • What goes down must come up – December 2015
      • What lies ahead – July 2015
      • Young drivers today – oh how things have changed! – March 2015
    • MASS Blogged 2016
      • #whathopefortheunrepresented – September 2016
      • A pain the in neck – whiplash injury compensation – April 2016
      • Access to Justice – February 2016
      • Claimant and defendant groups clash over Insurance Fraud Taskforce report
      • Claims involving uninsured or untraceable drivers – April 2016
      • MedCo – a role to play – November 2016
      • Politics and common ground – July 2016
      • The Blurred Lines of Fundamental Dishonesty – August 2016
      • The importance of shoes – May 2016
      • Time to weed out the bad – October 2016
      • Two wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad? – March 2016
      • What access to justice? – January 2016
    • MASS Blogged 2017
      • Changes to the Discount Rate – March 2017
      • Dictionary Corner Word of the Day – Nugatory – September 2017
      • Diversity – the spice of life? – June 2017
      • Insurance and the driverless cars – October 2017
      • Look – no hands! – February 2017
      • Not another potential reason for rising Insurance Premiums – November 2017
      • Off to the Court of Appeal we go … again … January 2017
      • Part 36, Fixed Costs Reforms and Indemnity Costs – August 2017
      • QOCS for Scots – July 2017
      • The ever-changing world of prosthetics – April 2017
      • The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it? – May 2017
    • MASS Blogged 2018
      • Collaboration is the Key to Fighting Fraud – September 2018
      • FCA regulation Claims Management Companies – November 2018
      • Is MedCo Really Working? – January 2018
      • Legal Apprenticeships – act now to benefit – July 2018
      • MedCo – a personal experience – March 2018
      • Musing as I’m cruising – the witterings of a Vice Chair – August 2018
      • Personal injury amputee claims – May 2018
      • Rehab Matters! – February 2018
      • The challenges ahead – October 2018
      • The pros and cons of ‘paperless’ – June 2018
    • The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 – Insult to Fatal Injury – June 2019
    • What does in-house legal training involve? – April 2019
    • You are amazing! – May 2019
  • MASS in the Media
    • 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
    • Lawyers catalogue problems with whiplash portal build
    • Lawyers slam government for ‘cutting corners’ on whiplash portal
    • Let’s talk premiums
    • MASS accuses MoJ of ‘cutting corners’ in whiplash portal development
    • MASS in the Media – 2014
      • ABI deems MedCo software critical in whiplash fraud fight
      • Bulk PI firms will provide better service – FOIL chief
      • Claimant chief warns of doctors’ concerns over whiplash panel
      • Claims playing field has never been level, says MASS chair
      • Insurers call for deafness fixed fees, as MASS chief warns over their attitude to dishonesty rule
      • MASS slams government for endorsing ‘compensation culture’ claims
      • Whiplash IT system in the pipeline
    • MASS in the Media – 2015
      • An opportunity to make a difference
      • Falling on deaf ears
      • Insurers open data to claimant solicitors in fraud crackdown
      • MASS demands blanket ban on cold calls and texts as CMC review closes
      • MedCo – give it a chance
      • The old adage
      • What lies ahead
      • Wishful Thinking
    • MASS in the Media – 2016
      • A change of direction – July 2016
      • A mixed bag
      • An Alternative Approach
      • Cold calling, whiplash reform and IPT – Autumn Statement angers claimant lawyers
      • Denying Access to Justice – January 2016
      • Endless repetition of an argument does not make it right – May 2016
      • Government shelves personal injury reform
      • Insurers lament ‘delay’ to whiplash reform
      • Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
      • Lawyers team up to fight whiplash crackdown plans
      • Q&A Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors Society
      • Revealed: Law Society, APIL and MASS join forces
      • Solicitor groups join forces to press for cold-calling ban instead of PI reforms
      • Ten minutes with Susan Brown
      • Unreal injuries and unnecessary claims?
      • Whiplash reaction – claimant lawyers vent fury at government
      • Why the government’s proposed limitations and banning of whiplash are a mistake
    • MASS in the Media – 2017
      • Association of District Judges Bulletin – April 2017
      • Association of District Judges Bulletin – August 2017
      • Casualty figures undermine whiplash plans – lawyers
      • Consumers deserve to be protected from cold calling
      • Failed objectives
      • Government “cherrypicking misleading figures” to push PI reforms
      • Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers” say economists
      • Is progress being made?
      • Lawyers expect whiplash reforms to drag beyond October 2018
      • MASS Chair: MoJ has not learnt from “errors” of LASPO Act & MedCo
      • MASS’ Simon Stanfield on the whiplash opportunity
      • MoJ ‘firing in wrong direction’
      • MoJ “set to repeat mistakes of LASPO”, warns MASS Chairman
      • MoJ accused of using RTA data ‘selectively’
      • MoJ cherry-picking DfT figures to push through small claims reforms, says MASS
      • Outdated changes
      • Personal injury lawyers ask MoJ “what are reforms really for?”
      • 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
      • The Law Commission – why aren’t we using it?
    • MASS in the Media – 2018
      • ‘Skeletal’ whiplash bill threatens to sideline parliament, peers warn
      • “Living in a fantasy land” – claimant PI lawyers attack minister’s evidence to MPs
      • Challenging the politicisation of the judicial process
      • City watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers ‘trust dividend’
      • Civil Liability Bill: Whiplash damages and definition revealed
      • Government ‘using sledgehammer to crack whiplash nut’
      • Government sets date for whiplash crackdown
      • Government’s draft whiplash regulation divides industry
      • It’s still not too late to stop and think again
      • Lack of detail in Civil Liability Bill will “severely limit parliamentary scrutiny”, peers warn
      • Learning from past mistakes
      • MASS calls for means to make insurers pass on savings
      • MASS’ Simon Stanfield on how whiplash reform sacrifices legitimate claims
      • Not too late?
      • Officials confirm April 2019 for RTA claim reforms
      • One step forward, two steps back
      • Roundtable: Where next for personal injury reform?
      • Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
      • The countdown begins: Whiplash reforms to be introduced April 2019
      • The Slow Path to Injustice
      • The war is far from over
      • Understanding the consequences
      • Whiplash reforms coming in April 2019
      • Whiplash reforms divisive
    • The devil is in the detail
    • What does the future look like?
  • MASS Responses
  • Recent Press Releases
    • MASS comment on the LASPO Part 2 Review
    • Press Releases 2014
      • ‘Fundamental dishonesty’ clause creates more problems
      • CMA’s provisional decision on remedies on Private Motor Insurance market investigation
      • MASS responds to Aviva’s reported data breach
      • MASS responds to the ABI Code of Conduct
      • MASS very concerned at rocketing of court fees
      • The balance of justice has shifted in favour of defendants
      • TSC report is a sensible blueprint for tackling fraud
    • Press Releases 2015
      • askCUE – joint press statement
      • Claims chief urges SRA action on cold call beneficiaries
      • MASS chair takes swipe at insurers over pre-med offers for whiplash
      • MASS chair urges SRA to act against solicitors who take ‘cold-call cases’
      • The genuinely injured deserve justice
      • Unsolicited texts and calls should be banned across the PI sector
    • Press Releases 2016
      • Cold calling must be banned, lawyers’ groups warned this week
      • MASS comment on appointment of Liz Truss
      • MASS comment on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce’s report
      • MASS responds to MoJ decision not to proceed with whiplash reform
      • MASS responds to the Aviva press statement
      • MASS: Proposals will fail to protect the interests of claimants
    • Press Releases 2017
      • Extracts from Chair’s speech to MASS Annual Conference 2017
      • Insurers will be the winners and consumers the losers in personal injury ‘reforms’, economic study shows
      • MASS responds to inclusion of Civil Liability Bill in legislative programme
      • MASS responds to the publication of the Conservative Party election Manifesto
      • MASS: DfT figures show that MoJ reform proposals are based on misleading RTA casualty figures
    • Response to Justice Committee hearing on raising Small Claims Limit
    • Time to put a lid on insurer profits
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