§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he intends to respond to the consultation exercise conducted by his Department into legal costs in small personal injury claims.
Mr. John M. TaylorIn August, following the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Afzalv. Ford Motor Co. Ltd., the Lord Chancellor announced that he does not intend to take any further action at this time on the proposals contained in his consultation paper on small personal injury claims. The central aim of the proposals was to clarify the position of personal injury claims falling below the small claims limit, and this clarification has 14W been provided by the Court of Appeal. The Lord Chancellor will continue to monitor the effect of the judgment on these cases.