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Dishonesty: Truth, lies, exaggeration and the judicial crucible
Liam Ryan reviews the recent decision of Fletcher v Keatley and how a court should, and can, approach a claim for psychiatric injury where a claimant has been found to have purposefully exaggerated their symptoms ‘A judge doesn’t need to be bound unequivocally to one party’s expert evidence (although it will always be persuasive) and …
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- BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd v Konczak [2017] EWCA Civ 1188
- Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers [2012] UKSC 26
- Fletcher v Keatley [2017] EWCA Civ 1540