In respond to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) consultation on their draft annual plan for 2020-21, Rachel Cairnes, Policy and Public Affairs Adviser at the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) made the following comm
In respond to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) consultation on 'OLC Corporate Strategy 2020-23', Rachel Cairnes, Policy and Public Affairs Adviser at the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) said:
The Government's implementation of a new online claims portal, currently set for April 6, will enable adult claimants bring claims without the use of a lawyer. However, the new system will exclude children, meaning they will have to pay for their own lawyers to receive compensation following a car crash.
Matthew Maxwell Scott, executive director of ACSO (Association of Consumer Support Organisations), said:
Matthew Maxwell Scott, executive director at the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) was asked will the LiP portal empower personal injury claimants?