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Government rules out further whiplash reforms

The government has announced there will be no further reforms to the whiplash claims process. Last year it introduced part one of the reforms, which addressed the amount of pay-outs […]

Whiplash reforms put back until August

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that implementation of the whiplash reforms will be delayed from 6 April to 1 August. A written statement in Parliament by Lord Chancellor […]

Whiplash reforms at least a year off

Personal injury reforms will be implemented in April next year, sources claim, according to a Postonline.co.uk report. Sources present at a Ministry of Justice steering meeting this week told Post […]

MASS sees whiplash opportunity

The Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) has urged all parties to grasp the opportunity presented by delays to the whiplash reforms. Speaking with Post, Simon Stanfield, chair of MASS, said, […]

Election to hinder whiplash reforms

Access to Justice has raised concerns that the snap general election could delay the Ministry of Justice’s proposed whiplash reforms for years. Spokesman for the campaign group, Andrew Twambley told […]

Whiplash reforms press ahead

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published part one of its response to the ‘Reforming the soft tissue injury (‘whiplash’) claims process’ consultation. The result is that the MoJ will […]

Industry responds to whiplash reforms

Following the government’s decision to push ahead with a crackdown on whiplash claims the industry has issued its support of the reforms. RMI Bodyshops (NAB and VBRA), the UK’s trade […]

Government to press ahead with whiplash crackdown

The government is pushing ahead with a crackdown on the compensation culture which has led to an ‘epidemic’ of whiplash claims. Justice Secretary Liz Truss has published a consultation which […]

‘Whiplash isn’t a victimless crime’

Insurers have rallied together to keep reforms to whiplash compensation on the table by insisting they won’t allow the government to let the issue be kicked into the long grass. […]

Majority deplore whiplash fraud

Brits believe that falsifying injuries on a motor insurance claim is worse than purchasing stolen goods and as unacceptable as drink-driving according to new research by Aviva. The study shows […]

Whiplash claims inflated – APIL

The government has been misled by inflated fraud statistics issued by insurers, according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). The Association of British Insurers (ABI) estimates that whiplash […]