Post magazine – 1 August 2013
In this week's Post, the conclusion of a Transport Select Committee inquiry into the cost of motor insurance has sparked “disappointment” among insurance industry bosses after MPs refused to support Ministry of Justice plans to place whiplash claims on the small claims track.
The plans published in an MoJ consultation paper from last year would see the suspension of normal procedural rules on evidence, with expert witnesses not heard and recovery of costs limited so that
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