Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure changes the rules on legal costs in personal-injury claims after a Personal Injuries Assessment Board award. If the claimant rejects the Board’s assessment but the respondent accepts it, and the court awards no more than that amount, the claimant generally cannot recover their own legal costs and may have to pay some of the respondent’s costs. It also prevents claimants from recovering fees for applying to the Board or complying with its procedures, while preserving different rules where a respondent did not accept the assessment.

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Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003

Last updated 12 April 2018