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Richard Meggitt
Partner/Solicitor
Major Trauma Cases
0114 2672472
Year of call as a solicitor 1996.
Richard is a qualified solicitor, having joined the firm in 1996. He has deliberately restricted his case load to serious injury claims. Having acted for more than 500 Claimants in major trauma cases, his expertise is recognised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; Richard is a senior litigator.
Insurers have helped to build a system which allows fraudulent claims, APIL chief executive Deborah Evans told assembled delegates at the Modern Claims Conference in London this week.
“If you give people money without having to see a doctor it will encourage fraud,” she said.
Deborah took part in a panel debate alongside James Dalton of the ABI, Craig Budsworth of MASS, and David Johnson of FOIL.
“Lawyers are the gatekeepers of fraud, we turn away clients if we are suspicious about the case” Deborah continued. “But the more remote we get from clients, the higher risk of fraud, and cost reductions are pushing lawyers towards non face-to-face contact”.
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