Whiplash claimant pays Aviva's costs after judge rejects claim

Aviva wins case as judge calls claim ‘fundamentally dishonest’ and orders claimant to pay costs.

Aviva has won low speed whiplash claim which was rejected by a judge in court. The judge ruled that the claim was "fundamentally dishonest" and, in one of the first cases of its kind since new rules were introduced since April 2013, the claimant was ordered to pay the costs for defending the case.

In the case of Andrew Fish v Patrick Hillman, the Judge dismissed the claim after finding the claimant to be an "inconsistent and dishonest witness" and agreed that the exception to the usual costs