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Case review 24/02/2021
Fundamental dishonesty and exaggerating injuries: a cautionary tale
Robert Sudale v Cyril John Ltd: In this case, the claimant’s personal injury claim for damages was dismissed on the grounds of fundamental dishonesty. The judge found the claimant had pursued a claim relying upon a significant exaggeration of his symptoms.
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News 18/02/2021
Kennedys strengthens financial lines team in Latin America and Caribbean with key hire
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News 11/02/2021
Kennedys launches fourth edition of claims handling guide book
The fourth edition of our most popular guide for claims handlers has launched, helping empower insurers, third party administrators, corporates and their claims teams to become less reliant on their lawyers
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Article 03/02/2021
DataIQ 100 - The most influential people in data - Martin Stockdale
The DataIQ 100 profiles the most important and influential people in data-driven businesses and the innovators who support them. Manchester Partner and head of Kennedys’ counter fraud unit Martin Stockdale, was recently recognised in the 2021 DataIQ 100 list of most influential people in data.
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Blog 02/02/2021
The truth will out!
Last year brought many new challenges and obstacles. There was however, one constant; the Fundamentally Dishonest claimant. Here are some of our favourite “GOTCHA” moments from 2020.
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Blog 26/01/2021
Agreeing to disagree
In a recent article Martin Stockdale worked with colleagues across Kennedys in reviewing the recent report of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) Working Group on low value personal injury claims. Part of their debate and discussion focussed on reforms that address the fraudulent, or unmeritorious, claims. In this post he reprises their review of the main issues.
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Article 25/01/2021
The future of low value personal injury: CJC says no more reforms after the whiplash reforms
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) working group has published its recommendations on what further reforms could be introduced for low value injury (under £25,000) injury claims. With a focus on resolving meritorious claims more quickly and with the costs reduced, as well as preventing unmeritorious claims, the group concludes that once the pending ‘whiplash reforms’ have been implemented, there should be no further substantive reforms – not least until the detail of recent measures is clarified.
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Blog 18/01/2021
The customer is always right… or maybe not…
Kennedys recently secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty under Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 in an injury claim brought by a customer visiting a well-known fashion retailer. The claim was struck out and the claimant was ordered to pay the defendant’s costs, to be enforceable against him.
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Blog 06/01/2021
Credit hire fraud: a paper-based scam
Credit hire fraud, in its purest form, is an entirely fabricated claim. It is no more than a paper-based exercise designed to induce a quick pay-out from an unsuspecting compensator.
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Article 17/12/2020
The 'desperation effect': Preparing for a rise in customer claims as a result of a Covid-induced economic downturn
The annual Claims and Fraud Summit from Insurance Post took place this year virtually on 18-19 November 2020. In this session video from the summit, Kennedys partner Martin Stockdale, Scott Clayton, Zurich Insurance and Stephen Dalton, Insurance Fraud Bureau discuss the anticipated challenges for insurance claims and fraud teams.