Legal costs cut in fast track injury case

Case involved a man awarded £500 in compensation for injuries sustained in a minor road accident – including anxiety and soft tissue injuries to leg and elbow, and an order for his legal costs of over £7000. The Court of Appeal found that the man had exaggerated his symptoms, and as a result the case had been fast tracked. The judges decided that the costs should be limited to the level at which they would have been set had he not done so. Only fixed costs were awarded.