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A not-for-profit organisation
committed to injured people
A not-for-profit organisation
committed to injured people

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 an annual Injury Awareness Week in August, which is designed to alert people to potential hazards and how to prevent them.

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

Latest from APIL

APIL wins major award for moving Rebuilding Shattered Lives film


A powerful short film about how a hit-and-run victim with severe injuries has been able to rebuild his life has earned a top award for the...

Pelvic mesh scandal can never be allowed to happen again, lawyers say


Lawyers are calling for a national register of medical products to be set up to prevent health scandals like pelvic mesh implants from happening...

Call for firms to sign up to ‘gold standard’ scheme with ‘transformative outcomes’


A joint initiative for the effective and efficient handling of catastrophic personal injury claims has been praised by parties on all sides as it...

Policy decisions have damaged access to justice


APIL has laid bare the ‘irrefutable prejudice’ against personal injury claimants and ensuing erosion of their right to redress, in...

Time to do the right thing by survivors of child sexual abuse


Lawyers are urging the Government to “do right by” survivors of child sexual abuse – and make long overdue changes to the...

Negligence “at the root of every penny” spent on NHS compensation claims


Recommendations for managing the cost of clinical negligence claims sidestep the bigger picture on patient safety and the real drivers of legal...

Law change would put justice for child sex abuse victims at risk


Plans to give defendants in child sexual abuse civil cases a new legal route to have the proceedings against them dropped will traumatise victims...

Time to outlaw taking video on phones while driving in Northern Ireland


Taking photos and video on mobile phones while driving should be banned in Northern Ireland, personal injury lawyers have...

Top PI firms throw weight behind APIL initiative


Fourteen personal injury firms have signed up to a new business scheme to lend weight to issues affecting the sector. The scheme, devised by the...

Victims of negligence could be priced out of a vital public service


Plans to hike court fees in Northern Ireland will jeopardise access to justice for ordinary citizens, lawyers warn. The Northern Ireland Courts...

Head of Campaigns and Communications
Lorraine Gwinnutt
0115 943 5400
[email protected]

Communications Manager
Jane Hartwell
0115 943 5416
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Press and Communications Officer
Julie Crouch
0115 943 5408
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Communications Assistant
Zach Wheelhouse Steel
0115 943 5431
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