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Reflections of a Reluctant Claimant - David Locke, Hill Dickinson LLP

18/09/12. During the consultation undertaken by Lord Justice Jackson, prior to the publication of his reform proposals, the debate amongst the stakeholders descended often to hyperbole. The lobbyists withdrew to increasingly entrenched positions, although all claimed the moral high-ground. To each other, the claimant and defendant representatives became fairy-tale monsters, either heartless insurers dragging claims out needlessly, or greedy solicitors running up disproportionate bills, milking a system that perpetuates fraudulent claims.

It is difficult to cut through the rhetoric. What better way than to be involved in a car crash and to see the machinery grind at first hand? Well, perhaps there were better ways….

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