Press room

APIL deals with the media on a daily basis, commenting on a variety of issues from legal reform to health and safety. We also run a SafetyWatch campaign which is designed to alert people, through the press, to potential hazards.

The press team aims to answer your query or provide you with a comment as quickly as possible. If we are unable to help, we will tell you, and try to point you in the right direction.

What we do for the media...

Set up interviews with our members, both nationally and locally
Issue press releases and statements
Provide general comment
Arrange comment pieces
Provide background briefings

Head of Communications

Lorraine Gwinnutt
0115 958 0585
lorraine.gwinnutt@apil.org.uk

Press Officer

Chris Birkle
0115 943 5409
chris.birkle@apil.org.uk

Press Officer

Jane Hartwell
0115 943 5416
jane.hartwell@apil.org.uk

Latest press releases

Government must listen to dying workers, say lawyers

Crime victims denied access to justice by compensation cuts

Lawyers call for real debate on whiplash

Hard questions must be put to insurers about the way they handle whiplash claims, lawyers have said ahead of a Whitehall ‘summit’ with the insurance industry. “Whiplash injuries are real, they can be long term, and must not be trivialised,” said Karl Tonks, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

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Statements

COST OF MOTOR INSURANCE: Statement from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers in response to report from the House of Commons Transport Committee	12/01/2012
Response to David Cameron's comments on lawyers' costs and health and safety	05/01/2012
Northern Ireland pleural plaques announcement	06/12/2011
Response to Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) Bill	01/12/2011
Response to Jack Straw's motor insurance ten minute rule bill	14/09/2011

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Letters to the press

Regional newspapers - Industrial diseases amendments must be retained	16/04/2012
The Independent - Clarity at last for victims of asbestos	02/04/2012
Regional Newspapers - The Government must try listening to reason.	21/03/2012
Regional newspapers – whiplash/car insurance premiums	27/02/2012
The Independent - A welcome move to take on whiplash claims	16/02/2012

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Figures obtained by APIL reveal mesothelioma death rates in the regions.... Masses of legal reforms combined will deny injured people the access to justice they need, says APIL... For more information on any of these issues, contact Jane Hartwell on 0115 943 5416 or email jane.hartwell@apil.org.uk.

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