Rizan & Anor v Hayes & Anor
Decision date: 26 May 2016
Neutral citation: [2016] EWCA Civ 481
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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This is an appeal by two claimants who alleged whiplash and related losses from a 17 September 2008 road collision; the county court had dismissed their claims, ordered the second defendant insurer to recover costs on the indemnity basis and directed an interim payment on account of costs. The Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of the claimants' substantive claims but set aside the county court's finding of fraud and substituted an order that the second defendant's costs, if not agreed, be assessed on the standard basis rather than the indemnity basis.
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