Developing a positive risk culture is crucial for safeguarding your professional reputation, reducing the opportunities for a claim to be brought against you and mitigating claims that can't be avoided. This involves businesses implementing robust policies and procedures, providing comprehensive training programmes, developing a healthy work environment and maintaining strong leadership and management practices. We can help to provide guidance and collaborate with you to identify best practices. We can support you by looking at areas for improvement, enhancing your professional indemnity strategy and developing initiatives to help mitigate risks and associated losses.
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16%
Between July and September 2025, claims for damages increased by 16% compared to the same quarter in 20241
60 weeks
The mean time for multi/intermediate/fast track claims to go to trial was 60 weeks in July to September 20251
76,000
There were 76,000 claims defended and 14,000 claims that went to trial in July to September 2025, which was up 9% when compared to the same quarter in 20241
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1 Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2025 - GOV.UK
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