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18 January 2023
Categories: Legal News , Personal injury , Damages
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LNB NEWS: MoJ launches open consultation on personal injury discount rate

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that they are seeking evidence for a paper exploring how a dual or multiple personal injury discount rate system might work and what the possible effects on claimants and defendants might be. 

Lexis®Library update: People with an interest in high value personal injury claims in England and Wales are the target of this call for evidence. The consultation is closes on 11 April 2023 and a response document is expected to be prepared and published by July 2023.

The consultation document is accessible here.

Respondents are invited to submit their views on the consultation by completing the online survey.

Source: Personal Injury Discount Rate: Exploring the option of a dual/multiple rate

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 17 January 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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