What is the MOJ portal process?
What is the MOJ portal process?
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) claims portal is an online hub where all parties to the claim enter required information, basic validation checks can be carried out, notifications can be sent to all parties to keep the claim process moving and time limits and deadlines can be set and clearly communicated to all parties.
When did MOJ portal start?
What exactly are the reforms? In April 2010, the government introduced a system which requires solicitors to report all Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) Motor personal injury claims with a value between £1,000 and £10,000 via an online portal.
What happens when a claim falls out of the portal?
If the claim falls out of the Portal, then the Defendant’s insurers have a longer period in which to respond to the claim. If the Defendant’s insurers do not pay an interim payment in time, or if they fail to make an offer in time, then the claim will fall out of the Portal.
What are portal claims?
The Claims Portal facilitates the secure exchange of claims information concerning the Pre-Action Protocols for Low-Value Personal Injury claims. If you are a Claimant Representative or an Insurer/Compensator that handles personal injury claims where the pre-action protocols apply, you should use the Claims Portal.
Who can use the claims portal?
The portal only allows registered law firms and insurers to access it, so that your claims details remain private. Claims management companies and individuals who are not registered cannot access in order to run claims.
When Should Stage 1 costs be paid?
Except where the Claimant is a child, where liability is admitted the Defendant must pay the Stage 1 fixed costs within 10 days after receiving the Stage 2 Settlement Pack. the expiry of the period the claim will continue under this Protocol.
What is a portal in law?
You may hear your lawyer say that your claim will be run ‘through the portal’. This is a secure online system which allows law firms and insurance companies to deal with claims in an efficient and timely manner.
What is a Part 8 claim?
What is Part 8? Part 8 is an alternative procedure to the usual method of bringing a legal claim (Part 7) and is aimed at disputes where a claimant is seeking the court’s decision on a question which is unlikely to involve a substantial dispute of fact.
Can Moj’s low value claims portal be used for satellite litigation?
Mistakes made by practitioners in the MOJ Low Value Claims Portal continues to provide a ripe source for satellite litigation. As long ago as September 2014, the case of Draper v Newport went before District Judge Barker sitting at the County Court of Birkenhead.
What happens if a claimant fails to attach documents to Moj?
A recent MOJ portal case has confirmed that where a claimant fails to attach documents at the issue of Stage 3 proceedings in the portal process the claim should be dismissed. On dismissal the damages and costs paid at Stage 1 and 2 are to be repaid.
Can an insurer admit liability in the MOJ portal?
The Claimant appealed. The Claimant had not disclosed her insurance policy but argued that whilst the insurer did have actual authority to make an admission in the MoJ Portal, this authority was strictly limited to admitting liability in a claim made against her or her insurers and did not in any way affect any claim that she might have.
What is the claims portal and how does it work?
The Claims Portal is the default method of dealing with personal injury claims that fall within the guideline amounts of between £1,000 and £25,000, in the UK.
