Webinar: Official Injury Claim (OIC) Portal Update – 1 year on

It has now been over a year since the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal went live and already trends are forming. At this stage, the main question we have to consider is - has the OIC portal had a successful first year? However, the answer to this question is a complicated one and has actually raised more questions than a clear answer at present.

1. Understand the brief history of the intention when implementing the OIC and whether the reality has met the expectation within the first 12 months.
2. Understand trends and tactics that are being utilised by both Claimants and Defendants and/or their representatives when dealing with OIC claims.
3. What the next 12 months holds for claims within the OIC Portal and what challenges we anticipate that Defendants will see in the future within the OIC

John Connolly is employed as an Associate (FCILEx) within the Complex Team of DWF Law LLP in the Liverpool office, where he has worked for the last nine years and is involved in high value claims up to a value of £250,000 in respect of Damages.

Prior to working for DWF Law LLP, he was employed for 2 years as a Defendant claims handler for an insurance company dealing with high value Employers and Public Liability claims.

He has considerable experience and knowledge in the following areas of Personal Injury:

1. Small, Fast and Multi Track claims with handling experience of claims up to a value of £250,000 for Damages;
2. RTA Claims;

iii. Credit Hire Claims;

1. Employers Liability (EL) Claims;
2. Public Liability (PL) Claims;
3. Product Liability Claims;

vii. NIHL Claims;

viii. MOJ Portal (both RTA and EL/PL)

1. OIC Portal

He has a particular interest in high value/complex injury claims and has lectured extensively on different aspects of motor liability claims.