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Electronic signatures and the importance of knowing your expert - Simon Ross, Exchange Chambers

17/05/20. On 3rd March 2020, Robert Buckland, the incumbent Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, confirmed that electronic signatures are permissible and legally v...

Summary of Recent Cases, May 2020

15/05/20. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

You are breathing my air; New insights on respiratory pathogens - Dr Mark Burgin

12/05/20. Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP discusses whether continuing to tolerate high levels of deaths from respiratory infections will be acceptable in a post COVID world....

Credit Hire and Fundamental Dishonesty - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers

29/04/20. For many years, the claimants in credit hire cases were habitually described by Judges as honest witnesses, perhaps confused about the detail of the contractual arrange...

Summary of Recent Cases, April 2020

15/04/20. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

Andrea Brown v Comissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1724: The Court of Appeal addressed the application of QOCS in 'mixed' claims - Ian Meikle, Civitas Law

07/04/20. AB had brought actions relating to allegedly wrongful use of personal data, claiming damages for personal injury, for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) and...

Summary of Recent Cases, March 2020

15/03/20. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

Personal injury solicitors urged to combat 'desperate' tactics of firms targeting success fee refunds in RTA claims...

12/03/20. Personal injury solicitors are being urged to combat the “desperate” tactics of firms targeting success fee refunds in RTA claims - by a Costs Lawyer specialising in th...

Chaos surrounds launch of the consumer claims portal - Andrew Kay, Director of Operations, FIRST4LAWYERS

02/03/20. Just weeks to go until implementation of the Civil Liability Act (CLA) and the launch of the new consumer claims portal, or is it? For several months now the Ministry o...

Supreme Court refuses MIB permission to appeal in landmark case establishing liability for accidents on private land

21/02/20. On 13.2.20 the Supreme Court (Lord Reed (President), Lady Arden and Lord Hamblen JJSC) refused the MIB’s application for permission to appeal against a finding that it ...

Surveillance Evidence: Trump Card or Joker? Grant v Newport City Council [2018] EWHC 3813 Ch - Vinesh Mistry, Barrister, DWF Advocacy Ltd

19//02/20. Grant v Newport City Council [2018] EWHC 3813 Ch ( “Grant” ) is a fairly typical multi-track 'slip and trip'. Over the course of litigation, the defendant covertly monit...

Summary of Recent Cases, February 2020

15/02/20. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

Brain injury solicitors report greater cooperation from insurers - Bill Braithwaite QC, Exchange Chambers

14/02/20. New research by barristers Exchange Chambers and brain injury rehabilitation charity, Calvert Reconnections, has examined the effectiveness of the brain injury claims a...

Summary of Recent Cases, January 2020

15/01/20. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

Summary of Recent Cases, December 2019

15/12/19. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just sel...

Case Summary: S v K - Karen Cawood, Spencers Solicitors

10/12/19. Case Name: S v K, Accident Date: 04/11/2014, Settlement Date: 01/05/2019, TOTAL GROSS SETTLEMENT: £40,000.00

Background

The Claimant, a...

Costs: Court of Appeal judgment on recoverability of disbursements in ex-portal claims (CPR r.45 Section IIIA) - Simon Fisher, DWF

27/11/19. Aldred v Cham, Court of Appeal, 25 October 2019

Simon Fisher examines the Court of Appeal's finding in Aldred v Cham (2019) , that counsel's advice fee in a child cla...

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Sepsis and Meningitis Claims' by Isaac Hogarth

26/11/19. Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of infection which requires rapid treatment and management. Untreated, it can lead to multi-organ failure and death. There are...

When do you need to contact Calgary Personal Injury Lawyers - Martin G. Schulz & Associates for a truck accident?

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Accidents are never pleasant. It leads to injuries, medical expenses, and a considerable amount of emotional...

Recording appointments with medical experts: Is the evidence admissible? - Paul Sankey, Enable Law

19/11/19. In a recent case [1] Master Davison considered whether covert recordings of appointments with medical experts should be admitted as evidence. The recordings were obtained...

PI Practitioner, May 2020

16/05/20. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

Tort of deceit and recovering exemplary damages - Morgan Davies, Horwich Farrelly

14/05/20. Morgan Davies, Fraud Partner at Horwich Farrelly, looks at the case of Advantage Insurance Company Ltd v Junior Elliot , an examples of successfully defending a claim for...

The effect COVID-19 is having on UK media trends and attracting claims - Andy Cullwick, First4Lawyers

01/05/20. You won’t be surprised to hear that media consumption has changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, we’re all having to respond and focusing our operat...

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to the Pre-Action RTA Claims Protocol for Personal Injury Lawyers' by Antonia Ford

23/04/20. The aim of this book is to provide a practical guide to all stages of the RTA Protocol to assist in the handling of pre-litigation claims and inform Practitioners of th...

PI Practitioner, April 2020

16/04/20. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

Case Summary: D v S - Karen Cawood, Spencers Solicitors Limited

13/04/20. Case Name: D v S
Court Name: LEEDS
Accident Date: 11/04/2015
Settlement Date: 24/05/2019
TOTAL GROSS SETTLEMENT: £100,000.00

Background

On the 11th April 2015 the Claimant wa...

Do not stand on ceremony, else time will become the Claimant’s enemy: Durkan -v- Schmidt - James Devenny, Horwich Farrelly

03/04/20. This case relates to an accident that occurred in 2011; the Claimant conducted the claim through the portal process, which at that point had an upper limit of £10,000. ...

Covid 19: How Should the Law React?

27/03/20. Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP discusses reasonable adjustments to legal processes to allow compliance with Government Policy and Health and Safety.

Legal processe...

PI Practitioner, March 2020

16/03/20. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

Supreme Court refuses MIB permission to appeal in landmark case establishing liability for accidents on private land

On 13.2.20 the Supreme Court (Lord Reed (President), Lady Arden and Lord Hamblen JJSC) refused the MIB’s application for permission to appeal against a finding that it was direc...

The difficulties of contracting out of fixed costs - Andrew Roy, 12 King's Bench Walk

25/02/20. Ho v Adelekun [2019] EWCA Civ 1988; [2019] Costs LR 1963 concerned the application of the fixed costs regime for ex-Protocol cases at Section IIIA of CPR Part 45, following...

Does, and should, Legal Professional Privilege apply to PI Paralegal Lawyers? - Amanda Hamilton & Jane Robson, NALP

24/02/20 . I was asked an interesting question this week: Are Paralegals covered by Legal Professional Privilege? Those PI paralegals who work for solicitors and barristers are c...

Is there Sense in Common Sense? Manchester Shipping Ltd v (1) Balfour Shipping Ltd, (2) Nikolay Nikolayevich Sochin [2020] EWHC 164 (Comm) - Daniel Tresigne, Advocate, DWF Advocacy Ltd

20/02/20. This ruling arose from an application for relief from sanctions for a failure to file and serve a costs budget on time. Both Defendants (represented by the same Solicit...

PI Practitioner, February 2020

16/02/20. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

PI Practitioner, January 2020

16/01/20. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

FREE CHAPTER from ‘A Practical Guide to the Law of Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace’ by Philip Hyland

08/01/20. This practical guide explains how the law on bullying and harassment in the workplace works. How the law defines bullying and harassment in the workplace. How the law i...

Holiday Illness Fraud: pursuing committal proceedings against dishonest claimants - even if legal proceedings are not submitted by the claimant - Jared Mallinson, Horwich Farrelly

23/12/19. Jared Mallinson, Fraud Partner at Horwich Farrelly, looks at why the fight against fraudulent holiday illness claims is still as crucial as ever.

In recent years the tra...

FREE CHAPTER from ‘A Practical Guide to the Law of Driverless Cars – Second Edition’ by Alex Glassbrook, Emma Northey & Scarlett Milligan

20/12/19. With the increase in numbers of electric vehicles, automated driving systems are becoming widespread. The next phase of the evolution in road vehicles – towards fully-a...

PI Practitioner, December 2019

16/12/19. Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. You can also receive these for free by registering for o...

When the Ogden Tables just don't work - Malcolm Henke, Horwich Farrelly

10/12/19. Particularly during periods when low discount rates produce high multipliers, claimants will always seek to have their claims for future losses calculated on a multipli...