News
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The smoke and mirrors of whiplash rhetoric
For some time, there has been a theme of depicting whiplash claimants as fraudsters.
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Law Society welcomes delay to civil litigation changes
The Law Society has welcomed the government's decision to defer civil litigation reforms until April 2013.
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APIL Vice-president speaks up for claimants at Westminster forum
Insurers are not launching an 'all-out-attack' on claimants, Nick Starling of the ABI insisted at a Westminster event on Tuesday.
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Direct Line and Churchill fined for file tampering
Insurance firms Direct Line and Churchill - both owned by RBS - have been fined £2.17m for tampering with customer complaint files before submitting them to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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AJAG Press Release: Justice campaigners warn against whiplash legislation
Responding to today’s Transport Select Committee report, on curbing the dysfunctional insurance system, the Access to Justice Access Group (AJAG) warns that curbs on redress for whiplash would reduce the ability of legitimate claimants to get compensation they deserve.
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Mass "cautiously" welcomes transport committee report
The Motor Accident Solicitors Society said it cautiously welcomes the Transport Select Committee’s follow-up report on the cost of motor insurance published today, but warned that there is still a long way to go in “dispelling the myths” about whiplash claims and holding the insurance industry to account.
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UK taxpayers will pay cost of government’s legal aid cuts
As the government’s proposed £350 million legal aid cuts return to be debated in the House of Lords, an independent report from one of Britain’s leading universities reveals how these changes will incur new costs for the taxpayer by simply shifting the burden onto other parts of the public purse, such as the NHS.
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AJAG response to OFT Motor Insurance market study
The Access to Justice Action Group welcomes the OFT report into the cost of car insurance.
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Car premiums artificially high, admits insurer
An insurance firm has revealed that it has increased its prices to make more profit rather than cover any increased costs as the Office of Fair Trading launched a market investigation.
