Category Archives: Road Traffic Accident

Fraud & the “Cash and Crash” King…..

The BBC today reports successful prosecution of a 24 year old man jailed for 4 and a half years arising from a “crash for cash” conspiracy in Greater Manchester. Said to have charged £500 a time to cause the accidents … Continue reading

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Representation by Remote – Further Reason to Stay Local?

From 6.4.09 in personal injury claims where the claimed value is above £1000  but not £25,000 will (unless there are other relevant factors) fall to be allocated to the fast track proceedure. With this in mind this is what the President of … Continue reading

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Caution – Do not become an unwilling victim of “Third Party Capture”

Third party capture is a term used to describe a tactic employed by insurance companies when they divert injured people away from using local solicitors and often to avoid them using solicitors at all. The more shall we say unscrupilous … Continue reading

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Claims Management Companies – Do You Need Them ?

No you do not, especially if they take a cut of your damages and place you with a firm on the other side of the country.  Unless of course you are happy with that arrangement. If you are thinking about … Continue reading

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