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May 31, 2021, 12:03 am
The M4 motorway near Bristol. Motorists across England and Wales are set to collectively make over £1 billion-worth of savings as new rules on whiplash claims come into force (Ben Birchall/PA)
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Motorists across England and Wales are set to collectively make over £1 billion-worth of savings as new rules on whiplash claims come into force.
A new online portal is available for road traffic-related personal injury claims under £5,000, including whiplash.
By John Hyde2021-05-31T00:01:00+01:00
Official Injury Claim goes live today, with personal injury lawyers and insurers dealing with potentially the biggest change to the secton in almost a decade.
The portal for RTA claims up to £5,000, designed for unrepresented claimants, has been delayed 13 months but is finally ready to go. We asked leading industry figures whether it is ready and what the next few weeks and months have in store.
Brett Dixon, vice president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers:
As it stands the CPRC has signed off the rules and the spotlight is now on
MIB and the MoJ to get the build completed and properly tested. One of our greatest concerns is the lack of time for robust user testing.
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