National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
Defendants should not be given ‘free tilt’ at raising fundamental dishonesty accusations, judge rules.
Solicitor of 23 years feared that medical records would open client up to 'fundamental dishonesty' attack.
Judge accepts evidence despite 'fundamental and repeated' errors in editing footage of claimant.
Clinical negligence practitioner talked about getting medical reports for case that had long since ended.
The law firm Fletchers Group is seeking to enhance the image of the much-maligned claimant PI sector.
The government wants to protect victims of clinical negligence, but it may be pricing them out of making a claim.