Jonathan Lally secures finding of fundamental dishonesty on behalf of AXA Insurance in claim brought by a Litigation Executive for personal injury

Jonny Lally secures finding of fundamental dishonesty on behalf of AXA Insurance in claim brought by a Litigation Executive for personal injury.

The Claimant, who had worked in numerous roles for different Claimant and Defendant solicitors, brought claims for personal injuries allegedly sustained in three separate road traffic accidents in 2015 and 2016. Following a trial before HHJ Bird, the claims were dismissed in their entirety and findings of fundamental dishonesty made against the Claimant. The Judge concluded that she was a ‘generally dishonest person’. During the trial it was established that the Claimant had lied about her academic qualifications and professional status. The judge found she had done this deliberately and that she had deliberately lied about other matters in the case including her ability to train in the gym. The judge found she had misled the medical experts in the case and that the opinions of the experts were based upon a false basis and thus constituted one of the exceptions to the ruling in Griffiths v TUI.

Thanks to Susan Lane at DAC Beachcroft for the instructions in the case.

See https://lnkd.in/eWkaNVTz with link to the judgment”