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An unconvincing performance in a plotline full of holes
DWF has successfully obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a claimant who was found to have fabricated the vast majority of a personal injury claim for £850,000 following what was…
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Credibility of witnesses and fundamental dishonesty: two fraudulent claims dismissed on appeal
The High Court recently considered the issue of fundamental dishonesty under section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 ("s.57"), with differing results, in two appeals from judgments given by…
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Data Protection Act 2018: What is it and what does it mean for insurance?
The Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) gained Royal Assent on the 23 May 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Act 1998, with the aim of modernising our data protection laws. We take a look at some…
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Investigation into suspected exaggeration helps QBE defeat £150,000 claim and recover costs
DWF, Cunningham Lindsey t/a Sedgwick, and QBE have successfully obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a claimant who exaggerated the nature and extent of the injuries he suffered in an…
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Claimant avoids finding of fundamental dishonesty by the court attributing blame instead to his expert
In the third in a series of recent High Court decisions grappling with the concept of 'fundamental dishonesty' in relation to section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 ("Section 57"), DWF…
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Second High Court decision shows increasing importance of fundamental dishonesty
Stratos Gatzouris reviews the recent decision in Razumas v Ministry of Justice (2018), in which the High Court has followed January's decision in London Organising Committee of the Olympic and…
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Claimant scythed down by Section 57
The decision of the High Court in London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (In Liquidation) ("LOCOG") v Haydn Sinfield ("Sinfield") on 22 January 2018, has opened up further…
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Multiple contempts lead to fine and suspended prison sentence in exaggerated £1million claim
DWF acted for Aviva and their insured in successful contempt proceedings against a claimant who, despite suffering genuine injuries in a road traffic accident, went on to exaggerate the extent of his…
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Tort of deceit claim succeeds against business partners who denied knowing each other
Two business partners who claimed to have been involved in a road accident in order to claim thousands of pounds from QBE have been ordered to pay back all the sums paid and the cost of investigating…
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Prison sentences for nine individuals who attempted to take LV= to the cleaners
Nine individuals who were part of a crash for cash gang that had participated in a conspiracy to defraud LV=, were handed prison sentences for contempt of court. The nine had all made false claims and…
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