Don’t panic
Two items of news today which appear to be unrelated but have a thread in common….. First the very sad news that actor Clive Dunn has died at his home in Portugal following a short illness. Older...
View ArticleTIP 4. Watch your emails
The sheer volume of email makes keeping a check on it feel like an impossible task. Yet it’s frighteningly true that grounds for negligence or statutory penalties can come at the click of a mouse. As...
View ArticleTIP 5 – The F word
Hands up who gets excited about filing? Me neither; but there are few costlier mistakes than incomplete records. A client of mine learnt this the hard way when buying a nursing home. She thought she...
View ArticleTIP 6. Identifying risk effectively or ‘ is your practice the subject of the...
A recent article in the Law Society Gazette warns that ‘Cybercrime is with us and it’s a growth area’. There is potential for loss of paper-based client data, but the risk is not as great as where data...
View ArticleTIP 7. The right people for the job and is it a case of ‘out of sight, out of...
Have you heard this before? “Sorry, the file was passed to me for research on an obscure and difficult point. It’s been festering on my window sill ever since…” “I have the file for research –...
View ArticleTIP 8. Whose interest is it anyway?
Confusion over whose interest you represent is another common trap. When a case involves many parties it can be far from simple. An architect instrumental in creating the famous biomes of the Eden...
View ArticleTIP 9. Saying no Or put another way –“Why did I take this client on in the...
Sometimes I hear about a claim that went wrong from the moment a client signed up. Despite the pressures to attract clients and rack up billable hours there are times when a case costs more than it’s...
View ArticleTIP 10. And the last tip in the series but definitely not least….. Put it in...
And a word of caution from insurers also. “One of the biggest safety measure that any professional can take is to make adequate file notes. Very often the lack of a note can create a claim, as there is...
View ArticleGood Risk Management Avoids Claims
Throughout the last few months, I have shared my top ten tips to avoid claims….. as a professional negligence solicitor. I’ve spent twenty years helping clients with negligence claims against all kinds...
View ArticleReforms on Litigation Funding and Costs
The Government is reforming litigation funding and costs. There are some key changes which may affect you depending on the stage your case has reached. These changes will take effect from 1st April...
View ArticleMitchell v News Group International
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mitchell v News Group International was handed down on 27th November. This considered the effect of the new CPR3.9 and also the decision of Master McCloud in August...
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