A Change in Benefit Claims Administration Law on Personal Injury Claims?
Back in 2010, Lord Justice Jackson published his reform relating to legal aid and the no win, free arrangement that is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. The ideas behind the proposed of b enefit claims administrator reforms were to reduce the amount of 'avoidable' claims that are contributing to the so called compensation culture in the United Kingdom and to make it easier for those who need to make claims to be able to afford to do so. A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said, "the NHS paid A 200m to claimants' lawyers for compensation cases in 2010-11 - around three times more than it paid its own lawyers." The proposed changes will include putting a cap on the amount of compensation that a solicitor can claim at 25%. It is also proposed that solicitors will have to take their fees from the winning side rather than the losing side as it currently stands. There is an argument that this change would mean that it would deter claimants from pu...