PART 3

Courts and tribunals

Civil proceedings relating to personal injury

Inducements: interpretation
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1
In relation to an offer of a benefit which is an inducement to make a claim in civil proceedings for damages for personal injury or death or arising out of circumstances involving personal injury or death—
a
a regulator is any person listed in column 1 below;
b
a regulated person is any person listed in column 2;
c
a regulator in column 1 is the relevant regulator in relation to the corresponding person in column 2.
Regulator | Regulated person
The General Council of the Bar | A person authorised by the Council to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives | A person authorised by the Institute to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
The Law Society | A person authorised by the Society to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
A licensing authority for the purposes of Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (alternative business structures) | A person who is licensed by the authority to carry on a reserved legal activity
A regulatory body specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor | A person of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor in relation to the body specified under column 1
2
For the purposes of this section and sections 58 and 59—
- “benefit” means—
  1. any benefit, whether or not in money or other property and whether temporary or permanent, and
  2. any opportunity to obtain a benefit;
- “claim” includes a counter-claim;
- “legal services” means services provided by a person which consist of or include legal activities (within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007) carried on by or on behalf of that person;
- “personal injury” includes any disease and any other impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.
3
For the purposes of this section and section 59 whether an offer of a benefit is an inducement to make a claim is to be determined in accordance with section 58.
S. 60 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 50