March 2020 Contents
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Personal Injury Articles | |
![]() 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 the sector... |
![]() 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 directly liable under EU law for injuries sustained by a pedestrian who was struck by an uninsured vehicle on private land. At the same time, it concluded... |
![]() Key risk factors are clearly proximity to infected individuals but our own personal resilience can enhance our protection to becoming unwell... but what does this mean?... |
![]() 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 of Justice (MoJ) has been firm in its stance that the reforms will be implemented on 6 April. However, that stance seemed to be wavering at the recent Association of British Insurers (ABI) conference... |
![]() 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 we consider the court's discretion in off setting interim costs orders in the context of Qualified One-way Costs Shifting ('QOCS')... |
Medico-Legal Articles, Edited by Dr Hugh Koch | |
![]() This is the twenty-seventh in a series of Case reports and Commentaries from Professor Koch and colleagues... | |
Clinical Negligence Medicine by Dr Mark Burgin | |
![]() Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP discusses reasonable adjustments to legal processes to allow compliance with Government Policy and Health and Safety... |
![]() Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP considers the elements that should be included in a primer for clinical negligence cases involving migrated contraceptive devices... |
Book Reviews | |
![]() Two publications are 'hot off the press' which bring lawyers and clinicians up to date with the latest guidance and research in how to formulate/assess a case of PTSD and how, then, to treat this using a cognitive behavioural approach. A timely duo for a review publication in PIBULJ to accompany another article outlining evidential issues in a recent case of trauma... |