Litigation is rising in the UK as litigation becomes a truly global industry. An October 8, 2008 online story from Global Reinsurance advises that the current fiscal fiasco of course will spawn lots of litigation, and then states the following specifics regarding increased litigation in the UK :
“UK Government figures for 2007 saw the highest number of actions being commenced in the Queens Bench Division for five years and statistics released by the Ministry of Justice last week also show that the number of defended claims is on the increase with a 16% rise on 2006.”
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