Re: Winter 2013/14 | Page 80

claims Exaggerated and fraudulent behaviour The recent sentencing of a couple for contempt of Court in the case of Fari -v- Homes for Haringey [2013] is a stark warning to those who make false claims and are caught out, that they can expect imprisonment. It follows on from the Supreme Court ruling in Summers –v- Fairclough Homes Ltd [2012], which gave authority for Judges to dismiss a legitimate part of a cl