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<p>As announced in the Queens Speech on 21 June, the Government will bring forward
legislation to tackle the continuing high number and cost of whiplash claims by:</p><ul><li>introducing
a fixed tariff of compensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenity for whiplash
claims with a duration of up to two years; and</li><li>banning the practice of seeking
or offering to settle whiplash claims without medical evidence.</li></ul><p>These
measures will be supported by further secondary legislative changes to the Civil Procedure
Rules to increase the small claims track limit for road traffic accident related personal
injury claims to £5,000, and for all other personal injury claims to £2,000.</p>
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