Fraudulent Claims

Sophisticated and complex, or simple individual acts, fraudulent claims account for millions of pounds of insurer's money, both in the claims themselves and in costs. Claimant lawyers have to certain of their ground too both in terms of their own costs position and their duty to the court. Insurers are increasingly seeking to ensure fraudulent claims are eliminated - and the Benefits Agency, Inland Revenue and Crown Prosecution Service all have considerable stakes in doing so too.

This is the first full treatment of the topic, providing litigators and insurers with a major work of reference.

Market: Barristers, solicitors, legal executives, in-house legal teams, paralegals, trainees, insurance industry personnel (claims investigators, experts (especially, medico-legal experts).

Contents:
The tort of deceit
Insurance: Disclosure and Fraudulent Claims
Fraud as a Defence to Claims in Tort and Contract
Evidence - Burden and Standard of Proof
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Perjury
Damages
Pleadings and Procedure
Fraudulent claims
Exaggerated claims
Detecting and proving fraud
Costs and conduct
Precedents

Matthew Chapman is in practice at 1 Chancery Lane, London and is a member of the Midlands Circuit. He specialises in all aspects of personal injury with particular interests in package holiday claims, claims with a cross border element, highways matters and employers' liability claims. He acts regularly in claims brought against tour operators and local authorities. He is Treasurer of the Travel and Tourism Lawyers' Association and a Conciliator for the Passenger Shipping Association. Matthew Chapman regularly writes and lectures on the topic of Civil Fraud and fraudulent civil claims.