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Small Claims: Why They Matter - Julie Carlisle, Henmans LLP

12/01/13. Personal injury practitioners are reeling from the series of blows received over the last few months, amongst which is the governments announcement that it is to consult on the raising of the small claims limit from £1,000 to £5,000. For consulting, I think we can safely read “is going to raise it regardless of the result”.

Government supporters are clearly tiring of the access to justice angle, going by comments on the various online forums, but quite simply one of several things is going to happen:

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