AvMA blog: What price justice? (Paul Whiteing, 8 June 2023)

Summary

In this blog, Paul Whiteing, Chief Executive of Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA), highlights how proposed changes to the UK legal system will affect people who have been harmed by healthcare and their families' access to justice. He describes the negative impact of legislation that would make claims less than £100,000 subject to a fixed cost regime.

Paul writes, "The consequence of a fixed cost regime is that where the patient wins their case against the healthcare provider, the costs awarded will be capped at the rates set by Parliament."

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