The government is poised to announce fresh personal injury reforms in today’s Queen’s speech, according to reports.
The BBC says the slimmed-down government wishlist will include a Civil Liability Bill to address the ‘compensation culture’ around motor insurance claims.
The pledge is likely to be similar to the whiplash elements of the Prisons and Courts Bill, which ran out of time before the snap election.
That legislation proposed a fixed tariff for all low-level RTA claims and a ban on insurers making offers without claimants having had a medical examination. A restoration of the measures was included in the Conservative manifesto for the recent election.
Personal injury lawyers will also be looking for any announcement today on the discount rate, which was subject to consultation before the election, and the potential for fixed fees in clinical negligence claims.
The speech is set to be made at 11.30am and will feature a reduced number of manifesto pledges due to the Conservatives’ struggles to form a government following talks with the Northern Irish party the DUP.
This will be the last Queen’s speech until 2019, as Brexit talks take precedence next year.
Whiplash reforms set to return in today's Queen's speech - reports
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