Personal injury lawyers in Liverpool have stated that the recession the country is in could lead to more claims for compensation from people desperate for money. The law firm claim that fraudulent claims could be made due to the desperate situation many families are finding themselves in.
The personal injury lawyers, based in Liverpool, also warn that personal injury firms could be targeting families who are burdened with debt in the hope of getting them to make a claim for compensation even though they are not entitled to it.
The personal injury solicitors in Liverpool, Paul Rooney Partnership, say that the next few months will see a marked increase in claims for compensation by people looking to stave of their debts.
Steve Ireland, from Paul Rooney Partnership, stated:
We have already seen an increase in the number of claims we’d expect at this time of year and an increase in the number of claims we reject at the first stage of scrutiny. These are claims where there was a genuine accident so no blame can be apportioned or where we have suspicions about the claim.
In many respects we are entering uncharted waters. At the time of the last major economic downturn in 1990, there was no ‘no win-no fee’ funding for personal injury claims – this did not come into effect until 1994.
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