ORJ urges legal expenses insurance caution
Categories: Commercial Litigation, NewsORJ has unearthed some concerning cost-cutting practices by a panel solicitor of a leading legal expenses insurer. Litigation expert Patrick Tedstone, CEO at ORJ, said the discovery has made him question the whole system – and urged anyone using legal expenses insurance in contentious litigation to check their case is being dealt with by an […]
Has Your Energy Contract Been Mis-sold?
Categories: Commercial Litigation, Disputes, InsuranceMike Smyth lifts the lid on the latest mis-selling scandal We are all used to hearing about the PPI scandal. Since 2013 there have been millions of successful claims made and around £40 billion repaid to the victims of mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance deals. Similarly, pension mis-selling first hit the headlines before the millennium, since […]
ORJ wins new client.
Categories: Commercial LitigationORJ wins new client: The Stafford based law firm has been instructed by one of the country’s largest independent travel companies, in place of city firm Penningtons to defend a claim valued by the claimants at £13.5M. The case is already issued but following an adverse interlocutory hearing, the company decided it was time to […]
The secret to success in commercial litigation
Categories: Business, Commercial LitigationI have been litigating for 25 years. When I was at school and as a student, I played league chess to a fair standard. I don’t know whether chess made me good at litigation or if those things that make a person good at litigation also makes them good at chess. However, I don’t think […]