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The Week That Was - 15 September 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreCourt of Appeal finds in favour of FSCS on scope of the Policyholder Protection Rules (PRR)
Tamsin Hyland explores the recent judgment of JR (On the application of Manchikalapati v FSCS [2023] EWCA Civ 1006) and its relevance to insurance policy wording.
Read moreAre settlements covered under liability policies if not consented to by the insurer? Does it make any difference if the insured was told to "act as a prudent uninsured"?
Does it make any difference if the insured was told to "act as a prudent uninsured"?
Read moreThe Week That Was - 8 September 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 1 September 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 25 August 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreMoney Covered: The Week that Was - 25 August
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the financial services sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 18 August 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreMcCulloch and Others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023]: Bolam is back in the game for consent
Bolam is well and truly back in the game for consent! The Supreme Court’s decision in McCulloch confirms that the Bolam test should be applied when considering whether alternative treatment options should be discussed with a patient.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 11 August 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 4 August 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreMoney Covered: The Week that Was - 04 August
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the financial services sector over the last seven days.
Read moreFix up, look sharp: FRC update
What's the latest on fixed recoverable costs in professional negligence claims?
Read moreThe Week That Was - 28 July 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreMoney Covered: The Week that Was - 28 July
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the financial services sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 21 July 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 14 July 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe El Niño year and impact on subsidence claims
Insurers should be bracing for a wave of subsidence claims arising from the increasingly warm weather. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared that an El Niño climate event is in progress, which helps explain why June 2023 was the hottest on record in the UK.
Read moreGeneral Damages Uplift: Beware
A recent decision in Coventry Combined County Court will have far -reaching impact on the valuation of all personal injury claims. The decision of Recorder Jack gives the green light for Claimants to seek higher general damages awards. In clinical negligence claims, where general damages can already be as high as £400,000, this will have significant implications for Defendants and their insurers.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 7 July 2023
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Read moreMoney Covered: The Week that Was - 07 July
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the financial services sector over the last seven days.
Read moreWhat does the FRC's proposed corporate governance overhaul mean for D&O exposures?
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has now published the draft new UK Corporate Governance Code following the Government's requirements that it incorporate more robust internal control and prudent and effective risk management requirements. The deadline for responses to the FRC's consultation is 13 September 2023.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 30 June 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreNMC concerns over potentially fraudulent nurse registrations
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is contacting more than 500 professionals who trained abroad to determine whether they could have gained fraudulent or incorrect entry to the register after unusual and concerning data emerged from one its testing sites.
Read moreThe Month That Was – June 2023 – Equity Release – the next emerging risk?
Welcome to Money Covered, a monthly podcast from RPC aimed at those dealing with complaints, claims and risk management in the financial services sector.
Read moreThe Building Safety Act 2022: a guide for conveyancers
We explain below how the BSA is intended to protect leaseholders, what steps solicitors can take to ensure purchasers and lenders are protected and what to do if that protection cannot be obtained.
Read moreWhat’s next for PFAS litigation?
RPC’s Lucy Dyson explores how growing public awareness of PFAS and the associated health and environmental concerns has seen a rise in litigation in the US that parallels asbestos as a toxic tort, with claims over chemical contamination in Europe also on the rise.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 23 June 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreDuties to third party investors in tax avoidance schemes following McClean
We analyse the Court of Appeal's recent decision in David McLean and others v Andrew Thornhill KC in which the court considered the circumstances in which duties are owed to non-clients in the context of legal advice made available to investors in tax schemes.
Read moreCovered: Insurance regulation – Asia edition
Covered: Insurance regulation – Asia edition
Read moreMet police withdraw: a radical restructuring of mental health provision
Metropolitan police officers to be banned from responding to mental health incidents from 31 August 2023.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 9 June 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 2 June 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreCrypto: issues for solicitors and their PI insurers
We explore the types of work lawyers are doing in this area, the risks this work may give rise to and issues for solicitors and their PI insurers to consider.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 26 May 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreHow a Supreme Court ruling could cause surge in claims against directors
Ben Gold, explains how a recent Supreme Court case (BTI v Sequana) confirms company directors owe a duty to creditors if the company nears balance sheet or cash flow insolvency.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 19 May 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreQOCS rule changes now in force – has the imbalance been restored?
A review of the amendments to the QOCS regime and the impact on costs recovery for defendants and insurers.
Read moreWhat the fix?!
Fixed recoverable costs in professional negligence claims: new rules applicable from 1 October 2023
Read moreThe Week That Was - 12 May 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreConsumer duty and claims handling – beware of sludge practices
The Consumer Duty is a new regulatory framework developed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aimed at creating a higher standard of consumer protection in the retail markets. The FCA expects the Consumer Duty to be a significant shift for the market in terms of its expectations on firms and in this blog we consider this shift in the context of insurance claims handling.
Read moreWasted costs – some comfort for legal professionals
In its recent judgment in Anthony King and others v Barry Stiefel and others the Commercial Court has considered the circumstances in which wasted costs orders can be made against the legal representatives of a defeated party to a claim. The court dismissed the applications saying that wasted costs applications should only be made in respect of straightforward applications which can be dealt with summarily.
Read moreThe Month That Was – May 2023 – Developments for Directors and Officers liability
Welcome to Money Covered, a monthly podcast from RPC aimed at those dealing with complaints, claims and risk management in the financial services sector.
Read moreBeware unexploded bombs, proximate causes and …. the unintended consequences of adding clarity
It is not that often that the standard UK market War Exclusion, language which for decades has sat materially unchanged, is the basis of a declinature by insurers. The recent case of Allianz Insurance plc v University of Exeter is therefore particularly interesting as the Court was asked to interpret this language and decide whether BI losses arising from the controlled detonation of a WWII bomb, discovered on nearby property were excluded from cover
Read moreThe Week That Was - 28 April 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreNew developments in AI may put law firms at greater risk of phishing fraud
As the computing power of Artificial Intelligence continues to grow exponentially, we consider how generative technology may expand the reach of traditional phishing frauds aimed at law firms.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 21 April 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 14 April 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Month That Was – April 2023 – Pension drawdowns – the next FCA big concern?
Welcome to Money Covered, a monthly podcast from RPC aimed at those dealing with complaints, claims and risk management in the financial services sector.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 31 March 2023
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
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