Liability Risk and Insurance
Claims Direct
A media furore of sad small-claims winners, caught in the pre-April 2000 provisions of the Access to Justice Act, has forced
Claims Direct into setting aside £5mn to pacify disgruntled clients and led to a 25% fall in share prices. Insurers are also
disgruntled and seek judicial clarification of what constitutes ‘reasonable premiums’ as provided for in the act.