Compensation culture fear is overinflated - Datamonitor

Figures presented by Datamonitor indicate the number of people submitting personal injury claims between 2001 and 2003 actually fell over that period. However, there is now a rapid increase in disease claims along with an increase in the cost of claims this year which is predicted to escalate 40% in the next four years. Up to 2004, the total number of personal injury claims had been falling year-on-year, from 743,593 claims in 2000/1 to 706,715 in 2002/03. At least three-quarters of those were actually accident claims but the number of claims did fall by 10% in the earlier period f...