CPR 35.1: When Is Expert Evidence ‘Reasonably Required’? Part 2 - Tom Collins, 1 Chancery Lane
04/01/16.
The second case dealing with the proper approach to applications under r. 35.1 is Nuemann v Camel[2015] LTL 29/10/15. In this case, the claimant had been injured in a road traffic accident caused by the defendant's negligent driving and liability was not disputed. The claimant had a pre-existing condition, osteogenesis imperfecta, which had caused her bones to fracture as a teenager. She had been discharged from hospital on the same day as the accident, but her case was that two weeks later, as a result of the accident, her condition deteriorated and she became disabled and wheelchair bound. She had previously lived in a first floor flat, but claimed to need single-storey housing and therefore made a claim for accommodation costs...
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