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Public Liability Insurance

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will change the rules on eligibility to legal aid for a plaintiff in cases where a public liability insurance policy (a) cannot be found and (b) does not exist. (113318)

I have no plans to change legal aid eligibility in this respect at present. The assessment for eligibility already takes account both of the claimant’s means and of his prospects of success in his claim, including the likelihood of the defendant being able to satisfy an order for damages. The existence or otherwise of a public liability insurance policy can affect these prospects.