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Have any of you lovelies currently lambasting Jonathan Massey considered that he is simply explaining his genuine experiences to us here? Much as we Claimant lawyers are at one metaphorical coal face, so I expect are you Defendant lawyers. I've no doubt for the same reason that there is ignorance here on both sides of the proverbial isle.

So I'll say it here for the benefit of all of us:

1) there are some Claimant firms out there who are willing to actively manage and peddle claims they know or strongly suspect to be fraudulent. This is not representative however of the vast majority of Claimant lawyers who act with integrity (a group in which I would place myself!);

2) there are Defendant firms out there who regularly run defences they know will not hold up to scrutiny at Court for a variety of reason - to send a 'shot across the bow', because they're simply acting on their insurer Client's instructions and yes, so I have been reliably told by more than one colleague with an insurance litigation background, simply in order to get out of a fixed-fee retainer and on to an hourly rate - again, this does not represent all Defendant lawyers and it would be entirely unfair to suggest otherwise (which many frustrated Claimant practitioners probably would).

May I suggest some sort of exchange program like some of us may have done in school? We send a group of fee earners to the insurance sector for a few weeks and they send a group the other way. What fun!

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