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Government hears the case for mediation

Published 03/05/2007

The government is hoping to increase the use of mediation in personal injury claims at the request of the insurance industry.

Although a date has yet to be set, the Department for Constitutional Affairs has said it is happy to set up a working party in partnership with the Civil Mediation Council.

This follows a question raised by David Fisher, liability claims manager at Axa, during the CMC’s insurance mediation forum held last week, where he asked why mediation was not mentioned in the DCA’s recent consultation paper on reform of the personal injury compensation process.

Mr Fisher told Post: “I felt that there was room for mediation to be given a nod in the DCA’s consultation paper. Mediation clearly fits in with the government’s strategy and could help speed the process up.”

Judith Kelbie, board member at CMC, said the body would be happy to co-ordinate the working party. “Mr Fisher has been invited to generate interest among insurers to come along to the event. Jonathan Dingle, secretary of the CMC, is currently trying to set a date.”

Currently 0.7% of personal injury cases use mediation

This article has been reprinted with permission of the Claims Standards Council

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