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RTA Fraud: Guilty by Association? Not So Says the Court of Appeal - John-Paul Swoboda, 12 King’s Bench Walk

13/11/12. On 23rd October 2012 the Court of Appeal gave judgement in Basharat Hussain v Adil Hussain v AVIVA UK Insurance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1367. The Court of Appeal considered the following premise, could ‘strong inferences’ be drawn against a Claimant involved in an RTA on the basis of a finding that the Defendant was a sophisticated fraudster.

Earlier cases have concerned the extent to which a Claimant should be punished by having associated with a fraudster or exaggerated his own claim. The Court of Appeal in...

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