Referral fees add no value to the system but they reduce the level of service the client should expect, says Nick Richardson. 

Lord Young’s 65-page report on health and safety Common sense, common safety, published in October, is a breath of fresh air and it is to be hoped it will blow away the crazy impact of health and safety laws on our lives, says Nick Richardson. 

Clients are the real victims of a questionable system that allows the insurance industry to ‘sell’ personal injury cases to law firms prepared to pay for them, says Nick Richardson. Nick, who heads our personal injury department, has acted in thousands of cases of accidental injury.

In the last year, the Health and Safety Executive has produced a new publication every month except February. Personal injury law specialist Nick Richardson, who acts in many cases of accidents in the workplace, has dutifully read and digested the material and reports on his findings.