The executive committee of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers meets today amid member discontent over its proposals for a compromise deal on the Jackson reforms.

Last week APIL set out a ‘Plan B’ to offer the government, as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill reaches its closing stages in the House of Lords.

Five members have since contacted the Gazette with a joint statement opposing the plan, with APIL also facing censure on discussion forums.

Critics are angry at plans to abandon qualified one-way costs shifting and accept that claimants pay for after-the-event insurance.