People with personal injuries 'should be prioritised'

The interests of people injured, perhaps in accidents at work or through trips or falls, should be prioritised over those of insurance companies and those responsible for the injury.

This is what Muiris Lyons, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), will say in a speech at the annual President's Luncheon this week.

"And what is the big picture?" Mr Lyons will ask.

"It's one where a decade after the Law Commission reported that general damages were too low, their recommendations remain unimplemented," he will add.

Mr Lyons is set to go on to say that "long overdue reforms to the coroners system are being shelved", as is the draft civil law reform bill, despite the fact that it has cross-party support.

Earlier this week, the APIL urged the government not to cut legal aid for seriously injured people, as doing so would denying them from having proper access to justice.

Posted by Trevor Baker

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