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Fraud – are the floodgates now opening? - Tim Kevan, Editorial

22/10/11. With two more cases involving contempt of court in October alone, has the tide finally turned for insurers in their fight on fraud?

Last month Lisa Sullivan wrote an article for this law journal on the recent contempt of court case of Nield v Loveday [2011] EWHC 2324 (Admin) (which you can read here). Since then we have had two more cases for contempt which arose out of civil claims for compensation. This article looks at those cases, the applicable law and also at the wider context of the fight on fraud.

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