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It must be a feature of a civil and democratie system that theer is suitable redress against negligent acts which have caused injury, damage and loss. The real issue is one of proportionality and the degree of legal involvement/fees that can be justified by Claimant PI solicitors for essentially very low value claims.

The changes to the RTA portal system have clearly slashed the fixed fees and following on from that, there was the Jackson reforms and the impact from that which is ongoing. Is that enough?

I have worked on the Defendant side previously and in terms of exaggerated and fraudulent claims, in my experience, the real problems arose from unscrupulous claims management companies rather than Claimant firms.

I would tend to agree with the comments of Deborah Evans, chief executive of APIL, incidentally someone I have worked with in the past and found to be very reasoned and sensible. I hope that there can be a sense of working together between the two sides, which seems a rarity in the PI sector.

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