April
Articles matching "motor"
Hire claim struck out due to claimant's failure to mitigate losses and claimant ordered to pay the Defendant's costs
A Claimant who had turned down an offer to pay repair costs, had his claim for hire in the sum of nearly £30,000 dismissed as he had failed to mitigate his losses and whilst the Claimant successfully…
Read moreNo right to repayment of costs paid at Stage 1 of Portal process
Insurers are unable to recover the costs that they had paid on cases that were submitted to the Portal, but did not go any further than Stage 1. Delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal in J C &…
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QOCS dis-applied where Claimant's conduct obstructed the just disposal of proceedings
A Claimant who had been pestered to bring a claim for personal injury under the QOCS regime, following a road traffic accident and subsequently discontinued her claim, had the Notice of Discontinuance…
Read moreExaggeration of injuries sees claim dismissed under Section 57
A Claimant who suffered personal injury as a result of a road traffic accident had her claim dismissed under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 due to fundamental dishonesty on her…
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Jumping away from recovering damages
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Read moreSimilar fact evidence helps to defeat 12 personal injury claims
Similar fact evidence that demonstrated multiple similarities between 12 suspicious claims was deployed by LV= and led to those claims being successfully defended. The main action, comprising five…
Read moreFraudulent claimants count the cost with exemplary damages award
Two Claimants found to be fundamentally dishonest were ordered to pay exemplary damages of £3,000 as well as indemnity costs after being found to be ‘complicit in a criminal conspiracy to defraud’…
Read moreToday’s MoJ announcement should see MedCo act
With the MoJ seeing evidence of a number of different models that undermine the government’s policy objectives and public confidence in MedCo, they have today issued a statement reiterating the…
Read moreMedCo – the latest developments
Since we last reported there have been a couple of very significant developments in the progress of the wider reform of whiplash claims, the latter having the potential to postpone the process that…
Read moreMedCo will soon open its doors for business
Just over a year ago, the government announced its intention to put in place a number of reforms in whiplash cases, that would help tackle fraud and ensure the independence of the medical expert. A…
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