Personal injury victims ’short-changed
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A landmark court judgment has backed calls for higher levels of damages for accident victims. The increase was not large enough to placate the eight accident victims who brough the test case, arguing their compensation awards were too low. But insurers, who had warned premiums for commercial and motoring cover could rise by up to 30% if the appeal was successful, were relieved. Five Appeal Court judges ruled there should be a tapered increase in personal injury damages, up to a maximum rise of one-third for those at the highest level. But the judges, headed by Master of the Rolls Lord Woolf, decided there should be no increase in awards where pay-outs were below £10,000. More : news.bbc.co.uk |