APIL president Brett Dixon said:

“Finally, someone has taken notice of the needs and vulnerability of injured people. To those of us working with injured people every day it has always been obvious that it is callous to force an injured claimant to go up against an experienced defendant and either shoulder the costs, or go without. This is what we’ve said to the Government time and time again. It must respect the committee’s conclusions about upholding access to justice. The weak evidence base for the Government’s plans has been pulled apart throughout this inquiry. It must now give up its hell-bent attack on the genuine, honest, people who make claims for the pain and suffering caused by others. A Government should put the people first. People have played second fiddle to big business for far too long.”