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EL & PL: Building the wall

As fraudsters seek new areas to commit insurance fraud, Andrew Gillett reports on how the liability market is tackling this growing problem.

Legal update - costs: Recommended costs

Lord Justice Jackson recommended judges be given more powers to manage costs. Rob Williams examines the case of O'Beirne v Hudson to show how a more flexible approach is already being taken.

Legal update - residential care: A duty of care

The Department of Health consultation on charging for residential care, which recently closed, has again raised the issue of who should pick up the tab for residential care in personal injury compensation cases. Sallie Harrington and Paul Stephens…

Legal Update - Chain of causation

In the unusual case of Spencer v Wincanton Holdings, Peter Wake explains how the Court of Appeal gave guidance to insurers on unreasonable conduct and what is sufficient to break a chain of causation.

Half-baked reform

Andrew Milne examines the radical changes originally proposed by the Civil Law Reform Bill on limitation, highlighting the problems that would have beset the construction sector as a result.

Agenda setting for Cutts

Incoming president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Dan Cutts talks to Lynn Rouse about becoming the voice of the wider public interest and counteracting the claimant lobby.

Policing the impossible

These days insurers will not turn a blind eye to clients that have failed to check the details of their sub-contractors' policies, says Ed Lewis.

Shining through the murk

With much higher rates of major injury than the average in all service industries, Daniel Dunkley looks at what the construction industry can do to combat this, including regulating gangmasters.

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