The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms...
CIVIL DISORDER RULES
The Law Society called on the government to postpone implementation of its low value road traffic personal injury claims reforms in order to avoid major disruption to the civil justice system. That was on 11 July 2013. The reforms duly came into force on 31 July 2013 under the disarming guise of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 6) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/1695). The rules raise the scheme’s limit from £10,000 to £25,000 and extend the scheme to catch claims for employer and public liability.
The fixed recoverable costs under the scheme in CPR Part 45 s III (see “Civil way”) are applied to employer and liability claims. For claims which exit, there is again a fixed costs regime resting in shame in new s IIIA but it will not apply to employer and public liability disease claims. The amount recoverable post-exit will be dependent on the nature of the claim, the stage reached and the damages agreed or awarded.
