Insurers have filed an appeal of their loss on the pleural  plaques case in Scotland. See this BBC article , which essentially...

Who was the last person to assure you that Europe would never entertain class actions ?  Perhaps you should send them an email and invite...

The UK is not alone in considering issues related to asbestos claiming and pleural plaques. Instead, the topic already is being addressed...

A hat tip to Business Insurance for an email alert on Friday advising that a Scottish trial court had just issued an opinion rejecting...

Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...

Update on the Update: Through the written question and answer process, the UK government issued an October 21 acknowledgment here that...

Lord Gill’s report on civil justice in Scotland was issued on 30 September. The full report and the synopsis are available here. See...

Regardless of what some may think, investors apparently like the idea of litigation as an investment vehicle. The proof ? Burford Capital...

I learned a couple of weeks ago that Britain would soon be implementing a Supreme Court instead of the House of Lords. Here is a new AP...

Mark Lanier’s plaintiff’s firm is expanding operations into London. As described in the media, the firm is establishing an arbitration...

Contrary to prior statements, Lord Chancellor Jack Straw of the Ministry of Justice said yesterday in Parliament that the government’s...

The world plainly is growing smaller and is more subject to empiric evaluation. To me, those are great trends for many reasons, including...

A July 10 article in the Mirror reports (bitterly) that the British government has taken a decision not to reinstate compensation for...

After an updated review, the UK’s Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) has issued a June 30, 2009 paper announcing that it...

July 4 seems like an appropriate day for a post on whether our legal forerunners in London will follow us in making the mistake of...

The UK is famous for assessing costs if a case actually goes to judgment. A new look at that topic is underway and is slated to produce a...

Looking for a tight but informative summary of changes around the globe with respect to (1) aggregate or class action litigation, (2)...

An article on the BBC and an article on Scotsman.com report that trial has started on the insurance indsutry challenge to Scotland’s...

This May 12, 2009 post updates a post of Wednesday, April 22, 2009 regarding pleural plaques and asbestos issues in the UK. The UK press...

The battle over pleural plaques claiming is continuing to evolve in the UK With respect to the Scottish legislation allowing renewed...