Council saves tax payers millions in compensation claim payouts
Hundreds of people attempting to make a compensation claim against Glasgow council have had their claims rejected in a crackdown against spurious claimants.
In the last few years the council has seen a sharp rise in the number of personal injury claims against land services (roads), receiving around 1000 claims in the two years leading up to March 2005. Doubting the legitimacy of all of these claims the council has adopted a ‘firmer, but fairer’ approach, which it believes will save tax pays millions of pounds in payouts.
It has appointed a specially trained claims handling team in its risk management, insurance and claims section, who are applying new evaluation methods with improved inspection systems and more detailed investigations. About 80% of all injury claims are now rejected
Steven Purcell, the council leader, said: ‘Not every claim is false and if we make a mistake it is obviously correct that we should pay compensation. However, it is also only right that we defend ourselves from incorrect claims.’
Glasgow joins Manchester as one of the leading councils in resisting vexatious compensation claims. The authority has cut the budget is assigns to compensation payouts by several million pounds in the last few years.
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Accidents happen all the time, it’s a fact of life. In the majority of cases they are fairly minor in nature, and there is no one to blame, except for ourselves! Unfortunately more serious accident happen too, often when we least expect it and in all kinds of situations, including:
When these accidents are the direct result of someone else’s negligence (something they did, or failed do), you are rightly entitled to be compensated for the suffering it has caused you, as well as any loss of earnings if you’ have had to take time off work, and any other costs you have incurred as a result of the accident.
In the most serious of accidents, you life may be permanently affected.
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