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Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

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

   
Crime victims denied access to justice by compensation cuts APIL news
 
Lawyers call for real debate on whiplash APIL news
 
APIL news
 

Asbestos victims are still dying without legal redress, two years after the Government finished consulting on plans to set up an insurance fund to help them.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has long-campaigned for a fund of last resort to compensate workers suffering from industrial diseases and who cannot pursue their former employers’ insurers for compensation.





   
 
 
 
 
 

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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 Committee12/01/2012
Response to David Cameron's comments on lawyers' costs and health and safety05/01/2012
Northern Ireland pleural plaques announcement06/12/2011
Response to Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) Bill 01/12/2011
Response to Jack Straw's motor insurance ten minute rule bill14/09/2011

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Letters to the press

Daily Mail - Ambulance chasers17/05/2012
Regional newspapers - Industrial diseases amendments must be retained16/04/2012
The Independent - Clarity at last for victims of asbestos02/04/2012
Regional Newspapers - The Government must try listening to reason.21/03/2012
Regional newspapers – whiplash/car insurance premiums27/02/2012

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Currently in the news

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.

Campaigns

National campaign targets Nottingham hair salons 55 per cent of hair salons surveyed in Nottingham as part of a nationwide safety campaign are failing to protect customers from potential allergic reactions to hair dyes...
Lawyers warn tenants of carbon monoxide risks In the UK, around 20 people die every year from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning caused by gas appliances...