Appeal against order rejecting allegation of fraud in road traffic collision case.
Held: The appeal failed. The judge dealt with the evidence in sufficient detail to justify the conclusion which she reached, and without any unfairness to the Insurers. There is also an issue of proportionality in play: ‘Without detracting in any way from the principles stated by this court in Harb, it would I think be unrealistic to apply them with the same stringency to a relatively low value road traffic accident case in the County Court as to a multi-million pound claim in the High Court to enforce an alleged oral contract made in most unusual circumstances with a member of the Saudi royal family.’
Citations:
[2017] EWCA Civ 201
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Personal Injury
Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581340