Author Archives: Lee
If its too good to be true….
You may have guessed on our blog that we have a bit of a bee in our bonnet about a few things we see in our every day work. Don’t get us wrong we are not perfect (but we aspire … Continue reading
Posted in Chit Chat, Third Party Capture
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Freedom to Choose – Insurers Rumbled ?
The FSA has recently published a document to make it quite plain to the providers of legal expenses insurance that they are not permitted to force you to use the solicitors they choose to send you to. The document is … Continue reading
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The Court of Protection – Whats the Story?
Well the Court of Protection is getting a “blog bashing” at the minute. The Court was specifically setup to provide some measure of oversight and indeed protection for those in the community whom are vulnerable and who lack capacity to … Continue reading
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Fraud & the “Cash and Crash” King…..
The BBC today reports successful prosecution of a 24 year old man jailed for 4 and a half years arising from a “crash for cash” conspiracy in Greater Manchester. Said to have charged £500 a time to cause the accidents … Continue reading
Babybarista and the Art of War – A new fitting new young barrister to join the set of Rumploe and others
Its rare I ever feel compelled to review a book much less on this site but this is an exception. Babybarista was initially a blog published by the Times newspaper. The identity of the author was kept confidential and the … Continue reading
Proposed new changes to the Fatal Accidents Act.
The Ministry of Justice announced today (1.7.09 ) that “Children under 18 left behind following the death of a parent through negligence will be able to claim additional compensation under proposed legislation……. Changes to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 will … Continue reading
Posted in Accident at Work, Child Accident Claim, General information, Legal
Tagged personal injuy law, training
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Miners Knee to be included in the Industrial Injuries Disability Scheme.
The Department of Work and Pensions has announced that osteoarthritis of the knee in coal miners will be added to the industrial injuries disability benefit scheme. The changes will take effect on 13 July 2009. The Association of Personal Injury … Continue reading
Posted in Chit Chat, General information, Legal, Uncategorized
Tagged Miners welfare Benefits
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Representation by Remote – Further Reason to Stay Local?
From 6.4.09 in personal injury claims where the claimed value is above £1000 but not £25,000 will (unless there are other relevant factors) fall to be allocated to the fast track proceedure. With this in mind this is what the President of … Continue reading
A little fib that wrecked a career
A fib or a little white lie can be intended to create no offense and to do no harm – yet often the harm arises. Yet white lies can end a career. That’s what happened to a widely respected former federal … Continue reading
Caution – Do not become an unwilling victim of “Third Party Capture”
Third party capture is a term used to describe a tactic employed by insurance companies when they divert injured people away from using local solicitors and often to avoid them using solicitors at all. The more shall we say unscrupilous … Continue reading
Claims Management Companies – Do You Need Them ?
No you do not, especially if they take a cut of your damages and place you with a firm on the other side of the country. Unless of course you are happy with that arrangement. If you are thinking about … Continue reading
Lee Solicitors and the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Service
Truth be told we have got really fed up spending inordinate amounts of money to tell people there are new personal injury solicitors in Mansfield.We were rather getting to feel like the “A team” you know “if you need us … Continue reading
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Tagged air ambulance, Donations, Rescue Services
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Lee Solicitors Chair a National Conference on Personal Injury Claims
We are pleased to announce that Lee McIlwaine of Lee Solicitors has been selected to Chair a national conference on personal injury compensation claims in London in May 2009. It is really great that a specialist personal injury solicitors firm based … Continue reading