Harney set for major overhaul of insurance claim procedures
The action plan for insurance reform to be launched by Ms Harney early next week will include a change in the way claimants will be forced to give their court evidence.
At the moment claimants can give false oral court evidence and are rarely prosecuted for perjury if they are found out. But under the new system anyone seeking compensation will have to give their evidence in a sworn affidavit and if any part of it is false then their entire case will collapse.
