The system by which accident victims on social security benefits have to pay back their benefits when they win compensation is unfair, says the Law Society in evidence to the Social Security Select Committee last week. The society called for changes to allow victims to receive the damages for pain and suffering in full, which should be exempt from benefit recovery. The government expects to claw back u100,000 in benefits from victims this year.
In brief: Rochfort to head benevolent association
Eila Rochfort, senior partner at Camberley firm Neale Turk Rochfort, has been appointed chair of the Solicitors Benevolent Association for 1995. Rochfort, a director of the association since 1982, was president of the West Surrey Law Society in 1985.
