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Litigation: Playing with fire: meeting suspicious claims head-on
David Sawtell looks at recent case law on exaggerated claims ‘There has been a recent, growing trend towards re-opening cases where there is evidence that the judgment or settlement was based on fraudulent evidence.’ Recent cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal indicate that defendant insurance companies are turning to a range …
Cases Referenced
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- Douglas v O'Neill [2011] EWHC 601 (QB)
- Kirk v Walton [2008] EWHC 1780
- MIB v Shikell & ors [2011] EWHC 527 (QB)
- Montgomery v Brown [2011] EWHC 875 (QB)
- Singh v Habib [2011] EWCA Civ 599
- Walton v Kirk [2009] EWHC 703 (QB)
- Zurich Insurance v Hayward [2011] EWCA Civ 641