For professionals

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

Parliamentary Officer

Sam Ellis
0115 943 5426
sam.ellis@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...

Parliamentary room

This week in Parliament

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly MP answered questions in the House of Commons on ‘no-win, no-fee’

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly MP answered questions in the House of Commons on pleural plaques


 
Last week in Parliament

The 2010-2012 parliamentary session has now come to an end. The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Wednesday 9 May 2012

 
Bills before Parliament

APIL monitors the progress of Bills which have implications for injured people and their right to compensation. Below you can see which Bills we are tracking in the current parliamentary session, and what action we are taking to ensure the rights of injured people are protected.

 
Select committees

Scottish Affairs Select Committee

The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is conducting an inquiry into health and safety in Scotland. APIL provided written evidence to the committee, and APIL executive committee member Gordon Dalyell appeared in front of the committee to give oral evidence

 

Justice Select Committee membership

Name

Party

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (Chair)

Liberal Democrat

Steve Brine MP

Conservative

Robert Buckland MP

Conservative

Jeremy Corbyn MP

Labour

Nick de Bois MP

Conservative

Chris Evans MP

Labour Co-op

Ben Gummer MP

Conservative

Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd MP

Plaid Cymru

Seema Malhotra MP

Labour

Yasmin Qureshi MP

Labour

Elizabeth Truss MP

Conservative

Karl Turner MP

Labour


Get Involved
We always welcome input from our members and have found this a great help in the past, particularly with our campaign on the small claims court. If you would like any more information on our current campaigns, or how you can get involved and help us fight for the rights of injured people, please contact Sam Ellis, parliamentary officer on 0115 943 5426 or by clicking here.

APIL members can read more about our campaign activity in our membership publications.