A deeply moving new short film lays bare the life-changing impact that the law on personal injury compensation can have for families whose lives are torn apart by negligence. Kayleigh and her 11-year-old son Charlie, who suffered a significant hypoxic brain injury at birth and has cerebral palsy affecting all four limbs, are the focus of the public awareness film for APIL’s  Rebuilding Shattered Lives  campaign. “Shining a spotlight on a clinical negligence case like Charlie’s is incredibly...

The campaign to retain the presumption that personal injury compensation should pay for private healthcare faces a new battle front, with legislation on the table to reform the status quo. A private member's bill was laid in the Commons last week by Labour's Catherine McKinnell to amend the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act, which has been in force since 1948. The measure entitles claimants to recover the cost of private medical treatment, providing it is proportionate and necessary. he...

New figures have exposed the extent of a rapid consolidation that has wiped out swaths of the personal injury market. A report commissioned by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers revealed that the number of firms receiving more than half their revenue from claims fell by 37% to 442 between 2019/20 and 2024/5.  The number of specialist PI lawyers has also contracted sharply: the number of barristers working in the sector fell 22% to 1,181 between 2019 and 2025; and the number of CILEX...