Child Car Seats and Contributory Negligence - Tim Kevan
01/05/12. Lawyers for a wrong-doer are never short of ways of ways of pointing the finger of blame elsewhere and Emma Hughes (by Anne Marie Armstrong) v Estate of Dayne Joshua Williams, deceased (Defendant) and Louise Williams (Third Party) [2012] EWHC 1078 was just such a case. In that case a mother h...
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Kevan and Ellis on Credit Hire, 4th Edition: Introduction
21/03/12. The death of credit hire litigation has been predicted rather often. After each new higher court case, there is a tendency to imagine that all issues have been conclusively resolved, fac...
Kevan and Ellis on Credit Hire, 4th Edition: Chapter One - Rates
21/03/12. “ the major protection for the defendant and his insurers is that the claimant can only recover the ‘spot’ or market rate of hire”. So spoke the Court of Appeal in Copley v Lawn in co...
Kevan and Ellis on Credit Hire, 4th Edition: Chapter Two - Impecuniosity
09/04/12. There is only one clearly recognised exception to the rule in Dimond v Lovell. It arises where the Claimant was impecunious at the time of the hire. As we will see, the precise definition ...
Editorial: Failing to Attend Trial - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers 18/04/12. This month I have been plagued by an unusual number of cases in which the claimant has failed to attend court on the day of trial. The result of many of these absences ... |
The Taylor Review - David Taylor, Forum of Insurance Lawyers 17/05/12. In May of last year Sheriff Principal Taylor began a review of the expenses and funding regimes of litigation in Scotland. The Taylor Review was commenced under t... |
Helping the helpers, the hidden problem of Secondary Traumatisation - Dr Kim Whitaker 11/04/12. An often hidden aspect of traumatic exposure can be the impact on those workers who help trauma and disaster victims. These people include psychologists and other menta... |
Harmonising Expert Testimony - Barry Turner, University of Lincoln 06/04/12. On the 16 th and 17 th March this year a symposium was held in Brussels to draw up plans for a Europe wide register and regulation of expert witnesses. The main eleme... |
Don’t worry; be happy - Helen Tinkler, BPP & Central Law Training 23/04/12. We live in anxious times. The press tell us that we are all anxiety-obsessed. We worry if something happens; we worry if it doesn’t happen and we worry if we have nothi... |
Lie-catching and Deception Detection - Jon willows, Louise De Haro and Hugh Koch 10/05/12. Being able to detect deceit is critical in the civil and criminal justice systems as well as in many clinical and applied settings. We all know, however, how diff... |
Whiten v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2066 (QB): Part 2 - William Latimer-Sayer, Cloisters![Whiten v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2066 (QB): Part 2 - William Latimer-Sayer, Cloisters](/content/images/resized/images/stories/therapy_72_72.jpg) 08/05/12. In the second part of this article I continue to highlight some points arising from Swift J’s judgment in Whiten v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2066... |
Expert Statistical Evidence on Life Expectancy: Cooper v McGann - Tom Gibson, Pupil Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers 17/04/12. Should expert statistical evidence on life expectancy be allowed – in addition to expert clinical evidence – in high-value personal injury claims? The recen... |
Whitehall Whiplash DIscussions - Susan Brown, Prolegal 15/05/12. Insurers and the government met again at this month at a much heralded Whitehall summit to discuss, amongst other things, whiplash claims. They seem to be going round i... |
Press Advertising and Your Personal Injury Practice - Mike Massen, Gartons Solicitors 20/04/12. Press advertising, if used effectively, can be a vital part of your businesses overall marketing strategy. However most print advertising does not work, the adverts are... |
Marketing your Practice: Business Continuity - Jenny Cotton, Mortons Marketing 04/05/12. Crisis? What Crisis? Be prepared or face the consequences. After years of careful strategic planning and staff training is your practice really prepared? Can plans be f... |
Costs in Infant Settlements - Tim Kevan 29/03/12. The Court of Appeal has taken a restrictive approach to costs in infant settlements both where the value is less than £1,000 and also in relation to counsel's fees. In D... |
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When is a travel agent more than an agent? - Katherine Deal, 3 Hare Court 03/04/12. Few personal injury practitioners will not have come across the Package Travel, Package Holiday and Package Tours Regulations 1992 at some point. As readers... |
Common Courtesy - Jason Prosser, Credit Hire Advocacy Services 05/04/12. One issue which periodically comes before the courts in credit hire cases is that of the availability, to the claimant, of a courtesy vehicle. The traditional courtesy ... |
