Injury claim referral fees to be banned

Name: Injury claim referral fees to be banned
Uploaded: 2011-09-09T05:46:13.000Z
Duration: 2 min 17 s
Description: Referral fees in personal injury cases will be banned, the government has announced, in an effort to curb the compensation culture.

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Referral fees in personal injury cases will be banned, the government has announced, in an effort to curb the compensation culture.

Under the current system, personal injury details are sold on by insurance companies to lawyers, a practice ministers say encourages the practice and pushes up vehicle insurance premiums.

Chris Buckler reports.

9 September 2011