According to a study conducted by Sweet and Maxwell, legal information provider, the number of personal injury claims filed in the High Court have rose 32% between 2006 and 2008.

The rise comes despite attempts to reduce personal injury claims under the Compensation Act 2006, which imposed registration requirements on claims management companies and created the Ministry of Justice’s claims management regulator.

Sweet & Maxwell suggested that the recession is behind the rise in personal injury claims, with individuals claiming because they were under financial stress. At the same time, insurers suffering from weak investment returns were more willing to contest claims, Sweet & Maxwell suggested.

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Source : Law Society Gazette

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