Personal injury

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has released guidance on the type of court fees that are incurred in court proceedings brought under the new Practice Direction 27B, which governs personal injury claims arising from road traffic accidents where the claimant expects to recover less than £5,000 in pain, suffering and loss of amenity damages. 

Richard Scorer & Kim Harrison examine the work done & challenges faced by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has issued an update to the pre-action protocol for personal injury claims below the small claims limit in road traffic accidents.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has published an article based on the report, ‘Bereavement damages: A dis-United Kingdom’, critiquing the laws on bereavement and labels them as ‘woefully discriminatory and out-of-date’. 

Ministers have dropped plans to raise the small claims limit from £1,000 to £2,000 for employers’ liability, public liability and other personal injury claims except road traffic accident (RTA) cases.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published guidance for professionals about the changes to whiplash claims from 31 May 2021. 

The government proclaimed savings for the British motorist when it announced its decision to ‘bin the EU’s Vnuk motor insurance law. 

Adding insult to injury: Sarah Prager & Chris Deacon outline why the government’s recent Vnuk policy decision is worrying news for serious injury victims

Whiplash reform, class action claims & risky rule changes: Dominic Regan provides the inside scoop

Could the key to early retirement be taking a job as an Uber driver and using an iPhone and a Volkswagen? If the current trend of class action claims continues, then perhaps so, says Dominic Regan in his latest NLJ column