Claimant law firm ordered to pay defendant's costs in landmark case
The solicitors acting on behalf of a fraudulent claimant have been ordered to pay all of the defendant bus company’s legal costs in a landmark case heard at Gateshead County Court.
The judge ruled that not only should the fraudulent personal injury claim against bus company Go North East be struck out, but that the solicitors acting for the claimants should pay all of the
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