Law Soc Fights PI Small Claims Changes
Law Society Press Release
11 December 2006
New research has shown that four out of five personal injury
victims don't trust insurers to compensate them fairly without
legal representation and over three quarters are not confident of
bringing a claim themselves. These findings show that the
insurance industry proposal to increase the current limit of
£1,000 for personal injury cases on the small claims track, where
people are expected to represent themselves, will effectively
leave thousands of victims unable to pursue justified claims,
making insurance companies the big winners.