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17 July 2013
Issue: 7569 / Categories: Legal News
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Direct ABS?

 Direct Line Group & Parabis Law apply to set up ABS

Insurance company Direct Line Group and Parabis Law have applied to set up an alternative business structure (ABS), DLG Legal Services, offering before-the-event (BTE) legal insurance for personal injury, non-injury claims, employment, debt recovery and contract issues.

Existing Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege and other partner brands motor and family legal expenses insurance policyholders will receive 100% of any damages awarded. Customers will be able to choose their own solicitor. New customers will agree a standalone fee for their case under which the fee will be deducted from any damages won.

Parabis was the first ABS to secure private equity backing, with Duke Street taking over half the firm last year.

Issue: 7569 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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