If you bring a personal injury claim, and it is fundamentally dishonest - which can include significant exaggeration of the amount claimed - the whole claim will be dismissed by the judge - even the valid parts. This video looks at an example of a Claimant who was found to have been fundamentally dishonest, and explains why he lost his claim.
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This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (April 2021), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
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