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Jackson proposes sweeping reforms to cut litigation costs

The report does seem to be a shopping list for the liability insurers and that those who have got their message across best. There seems scant regard to how much damages are going to have to increase which would negate the savings of the liability insurers. If those same insurers and NHSLA properly staffed their claims departments they would save a fortune in the current regime but then claims departments are a cost rather than those people doing the marketing in head office.... It would also be good if the liability insurers charged a premium which reflected the costs of claims and did more in risk assessment cutting down on incidents in the first place rather than spending so much money on lobbying. Wouldn't it be nice if the law had a period of stability after years of reforms which are then reformed in turn.

22-Jan-2010

7:08 pm