Re Offer Reponse

Claims Direct PLC
9 July 2001


                                 
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For Immediate Release                                  09 July 2001

                    Offer for Claims Direct plc
                                 
                Response from Independent Directors

David  Hankinson  and David Hickey, the Independent  Directors  of
Claims  Direct  plc,  note  the publication  today  of  the  Offer
document  on  behalf  of Barker Securities Limited,  and  will  be
writing to Shareholders in response tomorrow.

The text of their letter to Shareholders is set out below:-

'Dear Shareholder,

The  full  details  of the Offer by Barker Securities  Limited  to
purchase your Company have been published today, and will be  sent
to   you   by  Barker  Securities  Limited.   As  the  Independent
Directors,  we  wanted to give Shareholders an  immediate  initial
response to the Offer.

Advice

On  the  basis of the information currently available  to  us  and
having  been so advised by Investec Henderson Crosthwaite,  we  do
not  believe that the Offer, at this level, should be accepted  by
Shareholders.    In  providing  its  advice,  Investec   Henderson
Crosthwaite  has  taken  into account  the  Directors'  commercial
assessments (other than those of Messers Sullman and Poole).

Price

The  price  of 10p per share, which is currently being offered  by
Barker  Securities  Limited, is substantially  below  the  closing
share  price of 16p on 20 June 2001, the date when Messrs  Sullman
and Poole were granted permission by your Board to investigate the
feasibility of making an offer.  Many Shareholders and  the  media
have  already expressed disparaging views of an Offer at  10p  per
share and the possible motives behind such an Offer.

Conditions

Shareholders  should  be aware and will be concerned  that  verbal
undertakings which were given by Messrs Sullman and Poole  to  the
Board  and  its advisers, at the time they were granted permission
to  investigate the feasibility of making an offer, have not  been
formally  confirmed in the Offer document from  Barker  Securities
Limited.   The  verbal undertakings agreed by Messrs  Sullman  and
Poole would have ensured that:

* any higher offer or more attractive third party proposal for the 
  Company would either be accepted or matched by Messrs Sullman and 
  Poole; and

* any gain on any re-sale of the business, within a specified period, 
  would be shared with all shareholders.

It  now  appears  that these verbal undertakings  are  not  to  be
confirmed in writing.

Strategy

You may feel, as we do, that it is somewhat rich of Messrs Sullman
and  Poole to question the viability of the current business model
 when  they  were  actively involved in developing Claims  Direct's
current  method  of operation. In addition, in the  light  of  the
recent  financial performance of the Company, the full  Board  has
met  several  times  to consider the strategic issues  facing  the
business.   As   you  would  expect,  the  Chairman   and   Deputy
Chairman/Chief   Executive  participated  in   these   discussions
although they presented no specific recommendations for change  to
Claims Direct's current business model to the Board.  Furthermore,
although they refer in the Offer document to the Group requiring a
major re-positioning of its operations, no specific proposals  are
contained in the Offer document.

Our business and the industry in which Claims Direct operates,  is
in a period of considerable structural and operational change.  In
addition  to  the  continuing  trading  uncertainties  facing  the
Company, there are several factors, some of which are outside  the
control  of your Company, which could have a significant influence
on  the Company's future and Shareholders ought to consider  these
when deciding whether or not to accept the Offer:

*    there is an important Court of Appeal case in hand which is
     expected to have a bearing on the level of recoverability of
     'after-the-event' insurance premiums;
  
*    a number of parties have approached the Independent Directors
     with regard to some future involvement with Claims Direct.  These
     conversations are at a very early stage and there is  nothing
     further that can be said at present.  However, we can re-assure
     Shareholders that the aim of all and any of these discussions is
     to achieve the best value for Shareholders, either now or in the
     future;

*    we  continue  to consider, with the management  of  Claims
     Direct, all possible options and development possibilities for the
     business including significant change to the business  model.
     Despite its recent poor performance, the Independent and Executive
     Directors, and all of the senior staff at Claims Direct, are proud
     of what the Company is trying to achieve, namely, providing access
     to  justice for all, following the abolition of legal aid for
     personal injury claims.

Possible Change of Control

In  recent days a number of claimants and franchisees, as well  as
Shareholders,  have  contacted us to express their  concerns.   In
some  quarters  there  appears  to be  a  misconception  that  the
business  has already changed hands.  We should like  to  make  it
absolutely  clear that there has been no change of ownership  and,
within Claims Direct, we remain focused on delivering 'business as
usual'.

Barker  Securities  Limited only requires a  few  Shareholders  to
accept  the Offer to enable them to reach the all important  50.1%
ownership of the Company, thereby giving Messrs Sullman and  Poole
legal  control  of the Company, at a price which is  significantly
lower  than  that prevailing when they were granted permission  to
investigate the feasibility of making an offer.

Over  the  next two weeks we will be working with our advisers  to
prepare our formal response to the Offer and we most strongly urge
Shareholders to take no action at the current time.

Finally, we are happy to reiterate the offer in our earlier letter
that  if  you wish to communicate with either of us, we  would  be
delighted  to  hear from you either by letter to 111  Charterhouse
Street,     London,     EC1M    6AW    or     by     e-mail     to
[e-mail].  Unfortunately, due to the volume of
correspondence  we  have  received we are  unable  to  respond  to
specific  points,  but  we would like to  thank  shareholders  for
contacting us and giving us their views.'

Yours sincerely



David Hankinson                    David Hickey
Independent Director               Independent Director


                              -ends-

The Independent Directors of Claims Direct are responsible for the
information  contained in this announcement.  To the best  of  the
knowledge and belief of the Independent Directors of Claims Direct
(who  have  taken all reasonable care to ensure that such  is  the
case),  the  information  contained in  this  announcement  is  in
accordance  with  the facts and does not omit anything  likely  to
affect the import of such information.


Press Enquiries

Claims Direct plc
David Hankinson                                [phone]
David Hickey                                   [phone]

Investec Henderson Crosthwaite
(a division of Investec Bank (UK) Limited)
Jagjit Mundi                                   [phone]
David Currie                                   [phone]

Golin/Harris Ludgate
Robin Hepburn                                  [phone]
Reg Hoare                                      [phone]


Investec  Henderson Crosthwaite, a division of Investec Bank  (UK)
Limited,  which  is  regulated  in  the  United  Kingdom  by   The
Securities and Futures Authority, is acting for Claims Direct  plc
and  no-one  else  in connection with the Offer and  will  not  be
responsible  to anyone other than Claims Direct plc for  providing
the  protections  afforded  to  customers  of  Investec  Henderson
Crosthwaite,  nor  for providing advice to  any  other  person  in
relation to the Offer.