Subjects:

Insurance Law

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

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.