News focus: Confusion reigns over whiplash portal
As the news media trumpet the government’s dubious line that PI reforms will cut motor premiums, injured people must grapple with a complex and confusing system for compensation claims It is a safe bet that on a glorious bank holiday weekend the British public did not notice major reforms of lower-value personal injury claims. Anyone interested in finding out might not have been much better informed from national media headlines such as ‘new rules to crackdown on fraudulent insurance claims’ (BBC) and ‘motorists set for £1 billion savings in crackdown on fake whiplash claims’ (ITV)...