February 2022 Contents
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Personal Injury Articles | |
![]() Practitioners may find the appeal judgment of Cojanu v Essex Partnership University NHS Trust of interest for its consideration of fundamental dishonesty. In Cojanu, a clinical negligence claim had been dismissed following a trial in the Norwich County Court as a result of a finding of fundamental dishonesty (under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015)... |
![]() In this case, Mr Nicholas Thompsell (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) considered the appropriate response where several excerpts of a witness statement did not comply Practice Direction 57AC of the Civil Procedure Rules ('the Practice Direction')... |
![]() This High Court appeal decision confirmed that the 'draconian reading' of 8BPD6 in Mason v Laing was incorrect and unwarranted. The sanction for simultaneous rather than sequential disclosure gave rise to the risk of not recovering costs at the end of the process, not the exclusion of the evidence... |
![]() In O'Grady v B15 Group Ltd,[1] by way of background, the Claimant's husband had been killed following a collision with a lorry, driven by an employee of the Defendant. Prior to the issue of proceedings, the Defendant's solicitors put forward a Part 36 offer whereby they offered to apportion liability on the basis of a 60/40 split in favour of the Claimant. At that stage the Defendant had not made any formal admission in relation to primary liability... |
![]() On 31 October 2019 the Claimant (aged 50) had been driving along the M60 on his way home, when a settee cushion flew over the central reservation from a vehicle travelling in the opposite carriageway. The vehicle in front of the Claimant's vehicle managed to stop, as did the Claimant. However, the vehicle behind the Claimant (the Defendant) did not stop in time and collided heavily with the rear of the Claimant's vehicle; shunting it into collision with the central reservation and the vehicle in front... |
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Medico-Legal Articles, Edited by Dr Hugh Koch | |
![]() There have been several cases recently summarised in legal professional journals exploring the concept and issue of Fundamental Dishonesty. As such, these cases address the often complex legal ramifications of evidential unreliability... |
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Clinical Negligence Medicine by Dr Mark Burgin | |
![]() Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP explains how to resolve inconsistencies in the pain score given by claimants in PI assessments... |
![]() Dr. Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP discusses the challenges that face an expert who wishes to demonstrate independence when giving evidence... |