Report comment

10:26 - well done, you understand the JC Guidelines.

Most low value claims actually hit the guidelines perfectly. There is in fact a minor injuries section that covers them.

In this particular case none of the other factors were in fact factored in, the most important of which was amenity.

What does me wonder though is the accusation that claimant representatives are simply button pushers when it is quite clear that button pushers exist on both sides (and in passing I'll say that some of them are rather good).

Regarding quantum assessments, despite the standard wording in the stage 2 response about the 10% uplift, the vast majority of portal offers I see from defendants rely solely on old caselaw without the general increase in JC brackets being factored in and without 10% being applied. It takes me back to the good ol' Colossus days.

I haven't had a client awarded less than a final offer at stage 3 yet. Interesting that and I wonder if I'm advising my clients to make a high enough offer.

In terms of offers generally, the system seems to work relatively well. There is some silliness on both sides but that does not really mar how the system works overall, and it cannot be completely eradicated.

But hey it can be by destroying an entire concept of law - restitution for civil wrongs, because it reduces dividends.