Sentences with phrase «claimant solicitors say»
Claimant solicitors say fixed costs will restrict access to justice.
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«The tribunal would no longer be able to address the injustice that is caused to a social welfare claimant by the application of regulations that breach their rights protected by the Human Rights Act,» Lucy Cadd of Leigh Day solicitors said.
Neille Ryan, partner at Furley Page, said: «Whiplash awards will be slashed to a few hundred pounds and almost no legal costs will be recoverable by most claimants, who will have to pay lawyers themselves out of their damages, or take on the insurer and their solicitors alone.»
Both claimants consulted solicitors soon after the publication of newspaper articles in 1997 concerning events said to have taken place at the home many years before.
Emma Satyamurti, employment solicitor at Russell, Jones & Walker, said: «The reasons given for the reforms don't hold water — the employment tribunals already have powers to require a claimant to pay a deposit.»
Writing in NLJ this week, Julian Chamberlayne, partner at Stewarts and Chairman of the Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors, says rhetoric from the insurance industry has focused on the fact some claimants will be over-compensated.