§ 41. Mr. Whitakerasked the Attorney-General whether he will ask the Law Commission to report on whether suing for damages for personal injuries should accrue interest from the date of the injury to the date of payment.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThis is a problem which the Law Commission is examining as part of the broad study which it already has in hand of the assessment of damages in personal injury litigation. The procedural aspects are also being considered by the Winn Committee.
§ Mr. WhitakerWould not my right hon. and learned Friend agree that such a change in the law would be an inducement to the speedy settlement of cases, whereas the present anomalous position entails a direct financial incentive for insurance companies to spin out legal cases, to the detriment of needy workmen plaintiffs?
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have no doubt that those considerations will be very much in the minds of the high-powered bodies dealing with the problem.