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Common Law Claims & Policy Division (CLC&P)

CLC&P is primarily responsible for processing common-law, non-contractual compensation claims against and on behalf of the Ministry of Defence at home and abroad. It is not responsible for contractual, quasi-contractual, sales or estates matters. CLC&P also provides claims policy advice, claims against foreign forces based in the UK and providing advice on insurance and indemnities. It also undertakes various secretariat tasks and continues to deal with a large number of Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Correspondence, Treat Official Correspondence and Freedom of Information requests.

CLC&P is divided into two discrete groups i) Claims Policy /Finance and ii) Claims Handling.

Head of CLC&P - SCS

Head of CLC&P is a member of the Senior Civil Service.

Senior Claims Officer (Policy) - Band C1. Responsible for:

  • Non-contractual insurance (principally non-core aviation risks), including liaison with MOD’s insurance brokers, indemnities and the claims aspects of MOU

  • Policy relating to third party motor claims and liaison with AXA Corporate Solution Services Ltd and Gallagher Bassett International Ltd

  • Claims co-ordination and Focal Point (Registry function)

  • Liaison with contractors working for CLC&P and the MOD’s commercial branch on contractual issues

  • Budget management, financial planning and bill paying for CLC&P

Senior Claims Officer (Claims Handling) - Band B2 Responsible for:

Employers Liability, Low Flying and Maritime Team

  • Handling of Service personnel and ex-Service personnel Employer's Liability claims

  • Oversight of claims handled under contract from MOD civilian employees and former employees

  • Claims relating to service in Iraq and Afghanistan in which it is open to MOD to plead a combat immunity defence where injury was sustained engaging the enemy in the course of hostilities

  • Claims from veterans of the Nuclear Tests of the 1950s and 1960s

  • Claims from members of the Armed Forces barred by Section 10 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947

  • Miscellaneous claims from Service and ex-Service personnel including defective enlistment, false prosecution, and unlawful detention

  • Claims relating to military low flying activity in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

  • Maritime claims including accidents, salvage, collisions and damage to fishing gear.

Public Liability Team

  • Public Liability claims, including personal injury, and property damage

  • Claims against visiting forces in the UK (under Section 9 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and Article VIII of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement)

  • Politically sensitive claims from members of the public arising from the activities of the HM Forces in Northern Ireland

  • Privately owned vehicle damage claims and road traffic accidents overseas in countries not covered by an ACO

  • Claims policy relating to overseas operations and advice to ACOs in Afghanistan, Cyprus, NW Europe, and the South Atlantic Islands

  • Claims for compensation due to illness alleged to have been caused by exposure to radiation – Compensation Scheme for Radiation Linked Diseases only

  • Criminal injuries compensation claims from MOD Civil Servants' dependants based overseas

  • Recovery of MOD's uninsured financial losses, excluding those arising from traffic accidents in the UK.

Clinical Negligence Team

  • Claims for compensation from Service personnel and their dependants where it is alleged that the MOD has acted negligently

  • Claims from Service and ex-Service personnel alleging failure of the MOD to recognise, diagnose and treat their PTSD

  • Potential claims for alleged Gulf War illnesses

Ex-gratia payments, including the human volunteer research no-fault compensation scheme.






Contact us

CLC&P

1st Floor, Zones I & J

MOD Main Building

Whitehall

London

SW1A 2HB


Claims Focal Point: 020 7218 1337 / 020 218 4104

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