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Anon 2.58, I have to take exception to the 'large C firms turned a blind eye to fraud' suggestion.

I worked for one such firm for ten years. We did nothing but PI/clin neg, and as well as having a massive FT department, also ran very high value claims too. We placed great emphasis on probity and corporate reputation. Where there was evidence suggestive of fraud, in every case this was intensively discussed with the client, who was fully advised on the potential consequence of such a finding.

Although we remained mindful that we were representatives, and not arbiters of truth, we nevertheless ceased to act for a number of clients where the evidence was pointing only one way, or where we had discovered that we ourselves had been misled.

The suggestion that any large firm would knowingly prosecute a fraudulent claim simply does not tally with my first hand experience of 'my' large claimant firm, nor of those for whom friends and acquaintances work or worked.

Why would anybody make themselves a hostage to fortune forever, merely for a couple of thousand pounds in costs?