We continue to encounter incidents of claimants exaggerating their injuries when making claims and in the past year we have secured contempt of court convictions against several claimants in the medical malpractice sector, one of whom was imprisoned for eight months. While convictions do deter dishonesty, more needs to be done. The Law Commission is consulting on whether the law on contempt should be changed. Ideas being considered include allowing convictions based on recklessness rather than full intent, and increasing the maximum sentence cap to more than its current two years. These measures, if adopted, should help reduce claims fraud but there are still many steps to be taken between the consultation and the law being changed.