Tort Statistics: Trials, Settlements & Claim Numbers in a 'compensation culture' world
Channel: Professor Richard Lewis
Date: 06/12/2020

A ‘live’ lecture given at Cardiff University law school. How many claims for personal injury are made each year? Only 1% of cases reach trial. Instead, almost all claims are settled out of court. How many settlements are there? What sort of injuries do they involve? Statistics here show how litigation numbers have changed. Road traffic claims have increased rapidly whereas employment claims have declined. The statistics are important in determining whether there is an unwarranted 'compensation culture.'

For further examination of the statistics see -
R, Lewis, 'Structural Factors Affecting the Number and Cost of Personal Injury Claims in the Tort System'   ACCESS - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2604039 

R. Lewis, 'Tort Law Culture: Image and Reality' (2012) Journal of Law and Society 39(4):562 - 592
ACCESS - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253237255 - second part

Older analysis which has much downloaded  -
R. Lewis, K. Oliphant and A. Morris, 'Tort Personal Injury Statistics: Is There a Compensation Culture in the UK?' (2006) 14 (2) Torts Law Journal 158 – 175 
ACCESS - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=892981