Legal Support Signposting
Infected Blood Inquiry · Additional Report on Compensation · Issued 9 July 2025 · Addressed to: IBCA
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
IBCA include a prominent reference to the availability of legal support paid by IBCA on all registration and application forms and in public information about the compensation scheme and that the Solicitors Regulation Authority remind solicitors of their obligations.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Additional Report on Compensation · 9 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- IBCA provides access to independent legal advice as part of the claims process, referenced on the IBCA website (IBCA Community Update, January 2026).
- No independent assessment of the prominence of legal support information on registration and application forms has been identified to March 2026.
Response — verbatim from government
●IBCA
The remaining 11 recommendations focus on IBCA delivery. Further detail on these will be set out by IBCA in due course.
IBCA · 21 Jul 2025 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 21 Jul 2025 IBCA funds free legal support through six independent legal firms: Collins Solicitors, Leigh Day, Milners Solicitors, Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, Watkins & Gunn, and KRW Law. No solicitor is required to register or claim. (Source: IBCA Community Update, 12 March 2026) Source →
- 15 Jan 2026 · IBCA Community Update As of 13 January 2026: 3,721 people asked to start claims, 3,546 begun process, 3,074 received offers totalling £2.47bn, 2,861 paid totalling £1.89bn. Third compensation regulations in force 31 December 2025. View source → Good Progress
- 31 Dec 2025 · UK Parliament Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 established IBCA. Three sets of scheme regulations in force (Aug 2024, Mar 2025, Dec 2025). First payments December 2024. £1.89bn paid to 2,861 people by January 2026. View source → Good Progress
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