The introduction in 1995 of Conditional (No Win No Fee) agreements in personal injury cases transferred the burden of funding litigation from the state back to the claimant. Claimants were required to pay up to 25 per cent of their compensation to an accident claims solicitor which left injured people undercompensated, and in serious cases […]
Author: Clough Willis Solicitors
Fraudulent Cases and Personal Injury Claims Process
A very public case between the insurers Zurich and Mr Shaun Summers, a former employee, held last week in the Supreme Court threw up some interesting points for discussion about the nature of personal injury claims process. Mr Summers initially filed for over £800,000 in compensation after an accident at work claim but the county […]