The companies are not defending the claims because qualified one-way costs shifting makes it more expensive for them to successfully defend a claim than simply to pay it out. The system simply is not working.
Civil Liability Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Philp
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 October 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Civil Liability Bill [Lords].
Type
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Reference
648 c157
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
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2022-03-11 12:49:14 +0000
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