Lawyers ‘largest obstacle’ to insurance cuts

LAWYERS are deliberately attempting to undermine Government moves to reduce insurance costs, the head of the new compensation claims agency has said.

Dorothea Dowling, head of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB), said the largest obstacle to the success of the board was the campaign against it by lawyers.

“What we’re really battling against is the really surprising, deliberate campaign of misinformation by the professions from whom we would have expected more,” she said.