Everyone with a car knows that car insurance is more expensive than ever. Premiums rose by 40% over the year to the end of March 2011. They have dropped by 0.3% since then but the average annual premium still stands at a whopping £921.
The government is to ban referral fees in personal injury cases, saying the current system encourages a compensation culture that rewards the "middle men" with a "tidy profit" but leaves the rest of the public paying for these costs.
Have you been injured in an accident in the past three years that wasn't your fault? Well if you have, chances are personal injury vultures are hot on your heels.