A much published item in the news is that of the government proposing to ban referral fees relating to personal injury claims in an attempt to curb the growing “compensation culture”.<\/p>\n
Essentially, the current system in which personal injury<\/a> (PI) details are sold on by insurance companies to lawyers has led to increases in insurance premiums being passed on to policyholders.<\/p>\n The Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly said that honest motorists were seeing their premiums rise as insurers covered the costs of ever more compensation claims.<\/p>\n The Association of British Insurers said the ban must be completely “watertight”.<\/p>\n Mr Djanogly said: “Many of the claims are spurious and only happen because the current system allows too many people to profit from minor accidents and incidents.<\/p>\n He went on to say; “Referral fees are one symptom of the compensation culture problem and too much money sloshing through the system.<\/p>\n “People are being encouraged to sue, at no risk to themselves.”<\/p>\n The ban, (applied in England and Wales), would make claimants think harder about whether to sue, and give insurers an incentive to pass the savings on to customers.<\/p>\n Jason Lewis, Partner at Lewis Rodgers Solicitors (based in Winsford and Macclesfield) added; “Lewis Rodgers deal with Personal Injury Matters on a no win no fee basis and are highly trained to ensure that your case is handled correctly and in the proper manner.<\/p>\n Our personal injury experts fully assess the merits of your personal injury claim and provide you with a fair and honest assessment of the strength of your case and will only proceed where they consider you to have a sound basis for compensation.”<\/p>\n Call one of our personal injury experts now if you have had an accident in the last three years on 01606 861858 or click here find out more about our Personal Injury Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A much published item in the news is that of the government proposing to ban referral fees relating to personal injury claims in an attempt to curb the growing “compensation culture”. Essentially, the current system in which personal injury (PI) details are sold on by insurance companies to lawyers has led to increases in insurance… <\/p>\n