Collusion Between Claimants Does Not Pay By , Claire Laver, Natalie Randall Natalie Hilton of AXA Insurance UK and Kellie Maguire of DAC Beachcroft’s Casualty Fraud team…
Four month prison sentence for claimant who attempted to defraud the NHS of almost £500,000 By , Claire Laver Margarita Twist-Wilson has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 4 months…
Fraud Future Series: Casualty Fraud By Claire Laver, Helen Laight Welcome to the third instalment of the DACB Fraud Future Series, where we continue our appraisal of…
Suspended sentence for former employee who lied in court By , Claire Laver Paravash Kiani a former travel agent who claimed she had been injured by a colleague who ‘stabbed’…
Discontinuance Secured Following Personal Injury Claim By Claire Laver, Douglas Adlam, NFU Mutual Insurance and DAC Beachcroft’s Casualty Fraud experts, working with their respective…
Claimant loses a potential half a million pound claim due to his fundamental dishonesty By Jeremy Bennett, Claire Laver A soldier discharged from the army following a minor car accident loses a potential £0…
Claimant ordered to pay £10,085 following fundamental dishonesty finding at Trial heard virtually By Richard Rowe, Tania Sless, Claire Laver A Claimant who alleged that he suffered a back injury whilst attempting to undertake a torque test…
Fundamental Dishonesty: Cut and Dried! By Claire Laver, Helen Laight Zurich and DAC Beachcroft’s Casualty Fraud Team have thwarted a suspected organised casualty fraud…
Fraudsters who fell down open manhole face prison after DAC Beachcroft’s Counter Fraud team secure contempt of court ruling By Claire Laver Two insurance fraudsters have been found guilty of contempt of court and will receive a prison…
You’ve been warned! – changes to statements of truth bolster the fight against fraud By Claire Laver On the 6 th April 2020 the 113th update to the Practice Directions (PD) within the Civil Procedure…
DAC Beachcroft Snap into Action and Find Claimant Fundamentally Dishonest By Claire Laver, DAC Beachcroft’s casualty fraud team has secured another Fundamental Dishonesty finding against a…
DAC Beachcroft success as Court strikes out 'fraudulent' claim as an abuse of process at interlocutory hearing By Claire Laver, Helen Laight DAC Beachcroft’s Casualty Fraud Team has secured an interlocutory strike out of a claimant’s claim…
Employers Liability claimant convicted for fraud By Claire Laver A serial claimant in an Employer’s Liability action eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of…
Dishonest Driving Instructor Learns the Harsh Letters of the Law By Claire Laver Mr Jafar Kazemi v Mrs Jayantilal Gohil This case was defended as a low speed impact in which DACB…
Should product liability claims fall within the low value protocol? By Claire Laver The Jackson Reforms of 2013 saw the extension of the Low Value Protocols into public liability and…
DACB secures major Court of Appeal decision clarifying 50 year old Exemplary Damages law By Claire Laver The Court of Appeal has today clarified a 50 year old law as to when exemplary damages can be…
When should surveillance evidence be served? By Claire Laver, David Williams The question of when a Defendant should serve surveillance evidence is often important in seeking…
Staircase accident falls away over fundamentally dishonest evidence By Claire Laver, David Williams Where a Court makes a finding of fact that the Claimant's pleaded claim is based on incorrect…
Travel Claims Protocol April 2018 By David Williams, Claire Laver, Jasminka O'Hora Following the creation of the new Pre-Action Protocol for Package Travel Claims, the fixed costs…
Beauticians, Behaviours and Bogus Claims By Claire Laver, David Williams The proportion of claims handled by DAC Beachcroft Claims Limited involving allegations of…
DAC Beachcroft secures 10th Casualty Fundamental Dishonesty Finding By Claire Laver Last week our casualty counter fraud team secured a successful outcome in which a judge made a…
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games v Sinfield By David Williams, Claire Laver When is an exaggerated claim so exaggerated as to be fundamentally dishonest, resulting in its…
Section 57 | The Expansion of Fundamental Dishonesty in Personal Injury Claims By Claire Laver The phrase "Fundamental Dishonesty" is now well known to defendant insurers in respect of personal…