Universal Credit & the CRU - Unravelling the Problems for Personal Injury Litigators

Introduction

This webinar will address one of the most problematic areas of CRU work in personal injury litigation at this time.

The issue of universal credit has been problematic for personal injuries litigators since its implementation. Since the pandemic though, the numbers of persons in receipt of universal credit has increased significantly, and there are now many cases where CRU certificates feature universal credit payments of tens of thousands of pounds, and this is now starting to act as a block to settlement of the claim.

It is a very relevant and current topic for personal injury litigators.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The relevant future issues surrounding universal credit and the impact of its recent expansion during the pandemic and how this will affect personal injury claims in the future
• How these charges have impacted upon the ability to settle a claim, how the issue is expanding and becoming more of a relevant and current problem
• How the issue can be negated in early order to ensure that clients can receive better quality advice regarding settlement and prevent cases from stalling and not settling

This webinar was recorded on 27th March 2023