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09 May 2013
Issue: 7559 / Categories: Legal News
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Quindell profits soar

Nine-fold increase in profit for insurance outsourcing company

Insurance outsourcing company Quindell Portfolio, which last year acquired personal injury firms Silverbeck Rymer, Pinto Potts and The Compensation Lawyers, as well as claims management companies Intelligent Claims Management and Abstract Legal Holdings, the parent company of Accident Advice Helpline, has notched up a more than nine-fold increase in profits. Its annual report, published this week, showed pre-tax profits of £41.2m and a £171.9m turnover with legal services making up £34.4m in sales. In 2011, its pre-tax profits were £4.1m. Chairman Rob Terry said the company was “looking to grow organically with new clients”.

Issue: 7559 / 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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