Join APIL Secretary Brett Dixon for a review of where fundamental dishonesty has reached in 2025.
The session will cover:
- Understanding the basics
- The two types: CPR QOCS fundamental dishonesty and s57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
- The claimant and defendant issue
- Developing trends in defendant behaviour: defendant dishonesty and allegations of claimant dishonesty
- What the latest case law tells us on the issues:
- Dishonesty
- The courts approach
- Dealing with allegations
- What next?
- The structural problem and the imbalance between the parties
Vice President, Law Society
Brett is a consultant solicitor with higher rights of audience for all civil proceedings. His specialism is civil procedure with a specific interest in digital change. He also provides training and consultancy services in relation to personal injury, technology and practice development.
He is also the Deputy Vice President Elect of the Law Society of England & Wales. He has been the president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on two occasions. He is a senior fellow of APIL and chair of the Senior Fellow Appointments Committee. He is involved in decisions in relation to interventions in civil proceedings recently including Belsner v Cam, Ho v Adelekun, and Hassam v Rabot along with judicial reviews by APIL of the fixed recoverable costs rules and the discount rate. He is a past member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and the current legal expert member of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. He is a director of Medco and a member of the Official Injuries Advisory Group... view full biography