Watchdog probes firms links with sickness claims companies

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating 12 law firms it suspects of having “potentially improper links” with claims management firms in connection with holiday sickness claims.

The legal firms are also being investigated over allegations of payments made for referrals of holiday sickness claims from claims companies.

The SRA says it is also seeing evidence of firms pursuing claims without the proper instructions of claimants, failures to ensure that all documentary evidence is collated and “highly improper advice” issued to clients.

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