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Justice Committee hearing shows the way forward for reform of the Small Claims Track for RTA and casualty claims
Yesterday's appearance before the House of Commons Justice Committee of key witnesses including DWF Partner Nigel Teasdale allows us the chance of reviewing where the government's planned changes to…
Read moreLatest statements from the Ministry of Justice suggest maintenance of commitments to whiplash and discount rate reform, while action on extension of fixed costs also looks likely
Various recent developments including from earlier today are worth looking at together as part of an ongoing assessment of the likely future direction of reform affecting the way in which claims dealt…
Read moreFringe event at Tory Party Conference highlights challenges ahead to whiplash reform
While the party conferences have their own agendas dictated by the leadership, it is fringe events which can sometimes be relied upon when looking to take the temperature of party members and MPs on…
Read morePost-Election political developments now creating a challenging environment for key reforms
The unexpected result of last week's General Election has opened a period of political uncertainty of unknown length. We await additional detail this week as the Conservative government looks to…
Read moreAnnual CRU data confirms entrenched claims culture but continuation of last government's reform programme looks likely
A month later than usual the DWP have published their usual annual claims data for the 12 month period up until 31 March. We can now examine it both alongside the data for previous years, and against…
Read moreSecond reading of the Prisons and Courts Bill is achieved but future challenges to the government's whiplash and SCT limit reforms continue to lie ahead
On Monday the Prisons and Courts Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons. Part 5 of the Bill is the vehicle through which those aspects of the government's proposed reforms affecting…
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Government step away from a ban but increase the SCT limit for RTA and EL/PL
Yesterday the government produced its response to the consultation on reforming soft tissue injury claims arising out of road traffic accidents and the proposed increase in the SCT limit to £5,000. In…
Read moreResponse from the judiciary to the whiplash/SCT consultation identifies their key barriers to change as well as a potential way forwards
One of the less welcome responses to the consultation ‘Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (‘whiplash’) Claims Process’ received by the MoJ which was submitted on the final day of the available window…
Read moreSoft tissue injury and SCT reform package
The timing may have been co-incidental but shortly after the deadline for responses to the government’s consultation “Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (‘whiplash’) Claims Process” closed last Friday,…
Read moreMajor disruption expected as Government shows its hand on reform of whiplash and the small claims environment
Until yesterday the burning question was what the current government were intending to do with the announcement by the former Chancellor George Osborne in last year’s Autumn Statement that there was…
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