CMC fined √Ǭ£850k for ‘nuisance calls’

The Claims Managament Regulator, part of the MOJ, today announced a record fine of £850,000 in respect of The National Advice Clinic, based in Lancashire, which also trades as the Industrial Hearing Clinic or the Central Compensation Office, who made nearly 6 million calls between October 2014 and April 2015 about noise induced hearing loss claims.√جª¬ø

The fines were imposed following representations made by Jeremy Barnett, instructed by Andrew Swan, Head of Regulation and Financial Crime at Short Richardson & Forth LLP, Newcastle. The Company are considering whether or not to appeal to the fines to the First Tier Tribuanal.

The fines follow the introduction of new powers which were set out in blog article 25th September 2015.