Category: Personal Injury
29
Jun
17
The relevance of local living standards in the assessment of damages
What is the correct approach to the assessment of general damages in a case in which the Claimant resides abroad? Should the increased (or possibly lower) cost of living be taken into account and ...

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12
Jun
17
Clinical Negligence Briefing – Guidance from the High Court on Experts and Evidence
In the first half of this year the courts have provided the practitioner with some useful and practicable guidance in relation to evidence in clinical negligence cases. This ...

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28
Feb
17
Discount Rate Announcement
The Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss yesterday (27 February) announced the change to the discount rate. The previous rate of 2.5% was set in 2001 in a very different economy. The conclusion of a review that ...

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08
Dec
16
Review announced of discount rate for PI damages
The Lord Chancellor has announced that the discount rate is to be reviewed and the result to be announced on 31st January 2017. The press release is instructive and is set out in full ...

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21
Oct
16
“Physically prevented” from accessing the court office: a cautionary tale to claimants intending to issue on the day of expiry.
The case of Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [1973] Q.B. 36 enshrined the principle that if the time limit for making a claim expires on a non-working day, a claimant can nevertheless bring a ...

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15
Mar
16
Crystal ball gazing: how does a judge assess loss of chance?

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24
Feb
16
A predictable revolution: Knauer v Ministry of Defence in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment [2016] UKSC 9 in the 'leapfrog' appeal to it from the decision of Bean J in Knauer v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 2553 (QB). Bean ...

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30
Dec
15
T’is the season to be techie ….!
This is the time of year for families …. and for gadgets. Lots of them! In particular, smartphones. An average 65% of children in the UK aged between 8 and 11 now have their own smartphone. This ...

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11
Nov
15
Stroke Caused By Beauty Facial Case Settles
  Claims against negligent beauticians and the like are not altogether uncommon. The injuries tend to be ...

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30
Oct
15
Loss of future earnings and disability
A claimant is “disabled” for the purposes of Tables A – D of the Ogden ...

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