Faster Compensation Claims For Road Traffic Accident Victims
The government has announced a new, faster claims process for people injured in road accidents. The streamlined process will see no win no fee accident compensation claims between ? 1,000 and ? 10,000 settled faster than before.
The idea behind this approach is that by eliminating the duplication of work by both the defense and plaintiff legal teams, simple car accident claims will be settled much quicker than before. However, the announcement has highlighted some aspects that injured persons seeking compensation could affect demand.
First, the reforms of the claims process only accidents, which took affect for 75% of all manner of personal injury claims each year in England and Wales. However, the people injured in accidents at work or suffering from work after illness, they still find their claims through the current system to bring. This is particularly unfair, because many diseases in the workplace such as asbestosis and Mesothelioma are terminal, and patients may not live long enough after the diagnosis, in order to complete their claim.
Secondly, it is disappointing that the need for rehabilitation has to offer for accident victims, were not included in the reforms. By offering rehabilitation for accident victims, insurance companies can avoid that, you pay high sums to cover future care costs or lost profits. After all, who is hurt someone, but the recipients of Prompt treatment and rehabilitative care is a much greater chance that a full recovery from their injuries.
Finally, the "fast track lifted" ceiling of EUR 15,000 to EUR 25,000, meaning that many complex cases is estimated between ? 15,000 and ? 25,000 are now being treated in a much simpler way. These cases typically involve very complex and difficult injuries that include large amounts of research, as well as gather more evidence than in smaller cases happen. By these types of claims in the "Fast Track, risk cases much less thoroughly investigated, this could lead to unsatisfactory results for the plaintiff.