Exaggerated and Fraudulent Claims In Personal Injury

"The book is aimed primarily at personal injury practitioners ranging from solicitors and their employees and barristers to unqualified claims assessors, working in the UK. However, it is also intended to assist those who may be involved in personal injury claims either in their own right or peripherally. No other book exists that addresses the subject ñ and whether practitioners are acting for the claimants or acting for defendants ñ they will find it invaluable. Contents: Introduction, Pleadings and professional position, Burden of proof, Fraudulent claims, Low impact claims: admissibility of expert evidence, Low impact claims: causation and foreseeability, Exaggerated claims/malingering, Similar fact evidence, Surveillance evidence, Orthopaedic and psychological testing for exaggeration, Tax dodging Claimants, Proceeds of Crime Act, Abuse of process/tainted by illegality, Costs, Perjury/contempt of court, Appendix 1: Statutes, Appendix 2: Civil Procedure Rules. Insurers are increasingly seeking to ensure fraudulent claims are eliminated ñ and the Benefits Agency, Inland Revenue and Crown Prosecution Service all have considerable stakes in doing so too. Claimant lawyers must be sure of their ground."