Day: 27th March 2018

Justice secretary David Gauke has announced reforms to tackle fraudulent whiplash claims following pressure from insurers to crackdown on “crash for cash” scams. Under the Civil Liability Bill, compensation payouts for whiplash injuries will be capped and medical evidence will have to be...

In a landmark judgment the Supreme Court, the highest court in the UK, has today ruled that three former employees of the chemicals company Johnson Matthey should be compensated after they developed a sensitivity to platinum salts which led to them losing their jobs on medical grounds.Today’s ruli...