Writing in this week’s NLJ, Stuart Hardy, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), tackles these questions from an insurance lawyers’ point of view.
Hardy, a partner at BLM Law, writes that the new Official Injury Claim portal is open for business but ‘important issues remain to be resolved’. He notes: ‘Early data suggests that far fewer unrepresented claimants are using the portal than was expected.’
He anticipates reform proposals on pre-action conduct in the next year, while reform of the costs regime will continue and ongoing dialogue will continue with the Civil Justice Council on reform of civil litigation post-COVID. Elsewhere, Brexit continues to throw up legal and regulatory problems and there is also likely to be proposals and legislation on a wide range of issues from cladding to e-scooters.
