"I Thought It Would Be Therapeutic For My Back... Bruv"

Jamayne Brown v Paul Smith

This case was handled by DAC Beachcroft's Counter-Fraud Department on behalf of the Defendant following instructions from his insurers NIG which saw the Claimant provide an interesting response to some damming social media evidence which undermined his claim for whiplash following a minor road traffic incident.

Facts of the Case

Proceedings arose out of a minor incident, which occurred in February 2018 in the car Park on Upper Dean Street in Birmingham. The Defendant was proceeding to manoeuvre into a parking space when his bleeper went off to signal that there was an object directly behind him. The Claimant's case was that he had been stationary behind the Defendant when he reversed into him at speed causing his vehicle to be written off and that he suffered personal injury. The Defendant disputed that he had caused any damage to the Claimant's vehicle and that anyone could have been injured.