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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-05-09more like thismore than 2018-05-09
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Personal Injury: Compensation more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government on what basis they decided to propose an increase to the limit to small claims to £2,000 despite the recommendation by Lord Justice Jackson in his 2009 Review of Civil Litigation Costs that a rise to £1,500 would be sufficient to account for inflation. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Bassam of Brighton remove filter
uin HL7673 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The upper limit for personal injury claims to enter the small claims track has been set at £1,000 since 1991.</p><p>Using the Retail Price Index to adjust for inflation since 1991, the uprated limit for small personal injury claims would be around £2000 in 2017/2018 prices. In line with this, the Government is proposing by secondary legislation to raise the small claims limit for all non-road traffic accident personal injury claims to £2000.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-05-24T11:05:35.7Zmore like thismore than 2018-05-24T11:05:35.7Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie remove filter
tabling member
3504
label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton more like this