The Ministry of Justice is reforming how damages are calculated in personal injury and clinical negligence claims, specifically addressing Section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, which currently requires defendants to assume future care will be privately funded rather than NHS-provided. The reform aims to prevent double-payment by the taxpayer (compensation plus subsequent NHS care) and address outdated assumptions predating the NHS. The Road Traffic Accident (Personal Injury) (Amendment) Bill is the primary legislative vehicle, with active parliamentary scrutiny ongoing.
These Regulations amend the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/642) with regard to specifying, by way of tariff, the total amount of damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity that a court may award for road traffic accident related …
Considered in Grand Committee 15:19:00 Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: That the Grand Committee do consider the Civil Liability Act 2018 (Financial Conduct Authority) (Whiplash) Regulations 2021. Relevant document: 51st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Motion agreed. …
These Regulations set out the information requirements placed on insurers under section 11 of the Civil Liability Act 2018 (c. 29) and make an amendment to the regulation of insurance-linked securities under the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212).
A Bill to raise to £25,000 the upper limit for awards for road traffic accident personal injury claims introduced under the simplified claims procedure.