The relevance of local living standards in the assessment of damages 29 June 2017 Jack-Harding (0) What is the correct approach to the assessment of general damages in a case in which the Claimant re [More]
Causation in Medical Consent Cases post-Montgomery: two 2017 cases 27 June 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, clinical negligence, LP Causation, medical law, recollection, SA clinical negligence (0) So far in 2017 there have been two cases which have clarified the need for claimant parties to estab [More]
Costs consequences of refusing to engage with ADR proposals are not automatic 25 May 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, General, LP Costs (0) The Court of Appeal in a judgment published yesterday declined to hold that a successful party to a [More]
What is “unreasonable behaviour” for the purposes of Small Claims Track Costs? 19 April 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, courts, cpr, General, LP Costs, LP Procedure (0) If the most recently mooted Government reforms as to the financial limit of the Small Claims Track o [More]
Discount Rate Announcement 28 February 2017 Ella-Davis Damages, insurance, quantum (0) After the ABI’s failed judicial review of last month, the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss yesterday [More]
Whiplash injuries: a tale of two systems 25 February 2017 Ian-Miller access to justice, costs, Damages, employers liability, healthcare, insurance, legislation, litigant in person, personal injury, politics, quantum, road traffic accidents, whiplash (0) In October 2013 the government published its response to a “Consultation on arrangements conce [More]
Late-acceptance of Part 36 offers: Do fixed costs apply? 14 February 2017 Tom-Collins costs, courts, cpr, General, LP Part 36, personal injury, procedure, road traffic accidents (0) It’s a little over a year now since the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Broadhurst v Tan, a d [More]
The Eagle has landed! – Coffee, croissants and Counter Schedules 30 January 2017 Simon-Readhead-QC clinical negligence, Damages, personal injury, quantum, road traffic accidents, SA clinical negligence, Schedules, workplace claims (0) The Eagle has landed! – Coffee, croissants and Counter Schedules How much do you spend [More]
Date of knowledge and Limitation - Lewin v Glaxo - Case Report 18 January 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report (0) In cases concerning an allegation of bodily injury, time for the purposes of statutory limitation do [More]
Wood v TUI - Food poisoning in the Court of Appeal 16 January 2017 Jack-Harding (0) The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 16th January 2017 in the decision in Wood v TUI Travel P [More]