Man accused of making fraudulent public liability claim receives bankruptcy order
A man who made a fraudulent public liability claim against Wirral Council has had a bankruptcy order made against him.
The council found that his compensation claim, made after a tripping accident, was fraudulent when they called in a handwriting expert to analyse his “witness’s” statement.
The man from Rock Ferry, claimed that he had tripped over a raised kerbstone in May 2003; suffering a personal injury. From this he instructed solicitors to pursue a claim against the council, who in turn defended the allegations.
He declared that he could provide evidence of the incident from an individual, who was a supposedly unknown independent witness. He said he had found her by revisiting the site of the accident, next to a bus stop for a few days a week until she appeared again.
However, it wasn’t until Wirral Council carried out its own investigation and hired a handwriting expert to analyse the witness statement, that the fraudulent public liability claim was revealed.
It was found that the witness provided was a friend of the claimants and had shared two previous addresses. Upon this revelation, solicitors refused to pursue his claim any further.
The man who owed over £8,000 in court costs, has been unable to make a payment for this and therefore a bankruptcy order was processed against him.
Updated on 10/02/2010