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\"\"Peter Kidd’s Review of Cutting Edge: Scams, Claims and Compensation Claims, broadcast on Channel Four Thursday 25 February 2010.<\/p>\n

The latest in a long line of instalments in Channel Four\u2019s often controversial \u201cCutting Edge\u201d Series of claims saw the programme tackle the role of Personal Injury Lawyers<\/a>. The programme centred on Steve Ireland a personal injury solicitor in Liverpool and his attitude towards the process of making a personal injury claim<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The programme\u2019s portrayal was unfortunately bias in that confirmed many of the untrue clich\u00e9s regarding the Personal Injury profession. For example one of the case studies was of a child who had fractured his toe whilst playing football at school in an uneven grate. Although the narrator did not specifically state this was a spurious claim, with its accent on the fact that the child claimant was looking to spend his money on a car and new football boots it was clear that the programme was showing that potential claimants were simply interested in bringing a claim to make a quick thousand pounds – making it clear what its makers were trying to say.
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The other side of the argument was presented in the form of Lambeth Council Worker Jim a former police officer who was charged with defending so called “slip trip claims<\/a>” against his local authority. Jim was shown in a positive light and again the sentiments of the programme makers were clear with his claim that local authorities spend millions per year paying out compensation claims<\/a><\/strong> which in turn hits the pocket of council tax payers. This was clearly meant to push viewers over to one side of the fence.<\/p>\n

Other potential claimants considered were a mother who fell over on a school field whilst participating in a parent\u2019s race on her son\u2019s sports day and wanted to sue the school and someone who had a heavy tree branch land on her back when sitting in a park. Although these cases raised some interesting questions as to assessing liability in personal injury claims<\/a>, I was disappointed that the programme makers could not show some more straightforward liability claims to balance things out and show clients with genuinely serious injuries<\/a> (who are in the majority with personal injury claims) who are entitled to the compensation they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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