Insurance litigation law firm Horwich Farrelly has backed the Ministry of Justice’s plans to implement the Jackson Review.
Justice secretary Ken Clarke has outlined plans to end the recoverability of success fees and after the event insurance premiums in ‘no win no fee’ cases.
Under the changes, claimants will also pay for their legal representation out of their compensation, with pay-outs uplifted 10% to help fund the cost.
Anthony Hughes, partner and chief executive of Horwich Farrelly, said: “The government has announced an extremely radical and challenging approach. It has decided to accept the proposals by Lord Justice Jackson almost without exception in particular removing recoverable success fees and ATE insurance except for certain clinical negligence claims.
“The claimant community will clearly be disappointed that its lobbying efforts have been ignored. The only good news for them is the ten per cent increase in general damages.”
Medico Legal News Source: PostOnline
