As one of the founding members of the Lawyers Against Fraud group, we are keen to make the point that Defendant Solicitors are not the only ones wanting to stamp out fraud.

We do regular checks on our clients to check out whether their claims are genuine but these are never guaranteed.  Even more frustrating though is the blanket policy of third party insurers alleging fraud against innocent victims simply to try and scare them into submission and surrender their access to justice.

We would welcome openness and honesty with the early exchange of information but all too often we are given new evidence at the Court steps or we find out that there was no substance to the allegations in the first place.  Little is said of this conduct in discussions concerning the rise in insurance premiums and we have a long way to go to try and persuade the public that Claimant lawyers are not the ambulance chasing fraudsters that they are portrayed to be but we remain committed to our clients and ensuring that they get a fair deal as innocent victim.

Sally Mallinson - Partner & Head of Personal Injury at Wosskow Brown Solicitors

Due to our department expanding and developing, we have a vacancy for an Office Junior at our Attercliffe Office.

If you think that you could be interested, have a look at our Current Vacancies page for more information.

An Insurance companies mistake has caused one of their policy holder's car to be sent to the crusher.

James Taylor, a policy holder with Admiral Insurance was told that his car was not insured after he had been involved in an accident. James's car, a Rover 45 was seized by Northumbria Police.

James from Newcastle said: "A mistake by Admiral has left me extremely out of pocket. I was involved in an accident at Belsay and the police rang Admiral to confirm my insurance.

"The police were told that I was not insured so I was given a caution, read my rights and told I would be prosecuted.

"My car was seized, along with most of my personal belongings inside."

After returning home, James rang Admiral who admitted that there had been an error on their part, but it was too late for the car. Despite James taking email confirmation to the police that he was insured, they wouldn't accept it.

Admiral have offered James £500 for his car and are considering payment for his possessions.