April 2018 Contents
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Personal Injury Articles | |
![]() Can a claimant found a claim for personal injury for having been sensitised to an industrial chemical through exposure to it, despite being asymptomatic? Yes, according the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court (Lady Black giving the sole judgment) in Dryden and others v Johnson Matthey Plc [2018] UKSC 18... |
![]() There is no doubting the hot topic this Spring. In all of my last visits to Court, the conversation in the robing room has turned at some stage to issues surrounding compliance with the GDPR. Nor is the concern limited to lawyers... |
![]() Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2018] UKSC 4 SC (Lady Hale PSC, Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Reed JSC, Lord Hughes JSC, Lord Hodge JSC) 08/02/2018... |
![]() What is Chronic Pain Disorder? 'Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage' International Association for the Study of Pain... |
![]() The cost consequences on judgment of a Claimant beating a Part 36 offer in a fixed recoverable cost case have been tolerably clear since the Court of Appeal's decision in Broadhurst v Tan [2016] EWCA Civ 94. In a nutshell, rule 36.14(A) (now rule 36.21) prevailed over rule 45.29(B)... |
![]() These questions have been answered in the recent Court of Appeal decision, Lorna Howlett & Justin Howlett v Penelope Davies & Ageas Insurance Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 1696... |
![]() By way of recital from our first article in this series on CFA assignment, the reader will recall that Budana v The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust concerns, in brief, the following facts... |
![]() Technical costs specialist Marc Banyard explores the thorny issue of the treatment of costs incurred between the date of an initial costs budget and the date on which an updated costs budget has been prepared and asks whether the same fall as 'incurred costs' for the purpose of the updated budget or remain as future costs... |
![]() Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month... |
![]() Each issue a particular topic is highlighted, citing some of the useful cases and other materials in that area. This month: Update on the Civil Liability Bill... |
Medico-Legal Articles, Edited by Dr Hugh Koch | |
![]() Case: 23.02.18 - David John Saunders v. Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2018) EWHC343 (QB)... |
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Clinical Negligence Medicine by Dr Mark Burgin | |
![]() Dr Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP considers the elements that should be included in a primer for clinical negligence cases involving immunisation... |
![]() Dr Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP considers the elements that should be included in a primer for clinical negligence cases involving liver cirrhosis... |
![]() Dr Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP considers the elements that should be included in a primer for clinical negligence cases involving back pain... |