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The director of the claims management company that was the subject of the largest-ever fine handed out by the Claims Management Regulator has accepted a ban from being a director for the next nine years. Meanwhile, the Information Commissioner has executed a search warrant while investigating the illegal access of customer details from a major car repair company.

A high street law firm has obtained an alternative business structure licence as part of a strategy to build up its Refund You website-based consumer brand, which covers 14 areas of claims, from personal injury and financial mis-selling to timeshares and cavity wall insulation.

The government’s personal injury reforms appears more likely to put genuine claimants at the risk of injustice than reduce the number of fraudulent claims, an influential group of MPs has warned. The MPs also said there was “little direct evidence that tackling fraud has reduced premiums”.

Shares in legal marketing business NAHL plc – owner of National Accident Helpline – leapt 20% yesterday on the back of the government’s plans to reform low-value personal injury claims, one of the few positive reactions to the news from the claimant side.

The small claims limit will rise to £5,000 for whiplash cases, but only £2,000 for other personal injury claims, the Ministry of Justice announced today in a bid “to crack down on the compensation culture epidemic” – less than seven weeks after its consultation closed. There will be a fixed tariff to cap whiplash compensation pay-outs.