The removal of legal aid and the extension of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) are generally acknowledged to have changed the landscape for personal injury (PI) practitioners. Not only do they have the lay client to consider, but they also are now far more likely to see insurers and funders involved.
For PI lawyers, this means more than ever that they need to have eyes in the back of their heads. They need to be aware of the legal and professional duties which they may owe to all of those with a stake in the outcome, undertake rigorous risk assessment of the cases that are taken on and be aware of their increased propensity to come back to bite should anything go wrong.
