22 May 2024
Public inquiry specialist Kim Harrison, principal lawyer at Slater & Gordon, has become president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil)
Giving her inaugural speech last week, Harrison said the ‘next big challenge’ would be ensuring the government keeps its promise of 100% compensation in the discount rate, which is used to calculate compensation for long-term injury—the government’s call for evidence in its discount rate review ended in April.
Harrison, who represented more than 100 childhood sexual abuse survivors in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), said she would continue to press the government to implement the IICSA report’s recommendations.
