PI Brief Update

501. Case Report: M v Ghosh - Karen Cawood, Spencers Solicitors: (News Category 2); ... me which gave her various techniques to assist with breaking up her tasks to manage work more easily. The accident made the Claimant feel exhausted daily which then resulted in migraines preventing ...; Created on 09 August 2019
502. Al-Zahra (PVT) Hospital & Ors v DDM [2019] EWCA Civ 1103 - Ian Meikle, Civitas Law: (News Category 2); ... been protective, leaving much still to be done, and that the RCJ Process Section had opined that service in the UAE might take more than 12 months. Unfortunately, the Claimant then made a further application ...; Created on 31 July 2019
503. Discount rate for personal injury claims increases in England but Scotland's hands are tied - Kate Donachie, Brodies LLP: (News Category 3); ... that the Lord Chancellor should carry out the analysis on the basis that a claimant will invest in a diversified portfolio and will be willing to take more than a very low risk, but less than that taken ...; Created on 30 July 2019
504. The Secret Authors of Medical Expert Reports - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... in the report is to... Image cc flickr.com/photos/keoni101/6016744959 Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 28 July 2019
505. How to beat the MIB's off-road vehicle defence - Alan Ball, Irwin Mitchell: (News Category 2); ... and that the tyres were moulded with the wording ‘Not for highway use’, in addition to various other reasons to support its defence... Image ©iStockphoto.com/creepers888 Read more (PIBULJ subscribers ...; Created on 26 July 2019
506. Editorial: Handing Down Judgment - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers: (News Category 2); ... costs orders (there will of course be exceptions where, for instance, one party wishes to take conduct points). More prosaically, the fixed costs regime applicable to fast track cases makes no allowance ...; Created on 25 July 2019
507. Legal Mind Case and Commentary No 21: To convince or deceive? The analysis of reliable and realistic evidence - Koch HCH, Mushati D & Francis A: (News Category 4); ... outright faking of pain but an element of exaggeration and overstatement of his difficulties The claimant genuinely believed himself to be more significantly disabled by his continuing pain ...; Created on 24 July 2019
508. When did Medical Expertise in PI become Industrial? - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... Asif Zafar for weak methodologies and MedCo has organised more training for experts. (6) (7) I have written over 30 articles on the art of PI medical report writing covering aspects such as range of ...; Created on 23 July 2019
509. Is Knowledge Important in General Practice? - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... time as a diagnostic tool. Repeated assessments show the evolution of the problem, often too mild and nebulous to justify a referral to a specialist, and often more troubling to the GP than the patient. ...; Created on 22 July 2019
510. Institutionalised Professional Negligence - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... effects. The more bodies that are involved in the regulation of a professional group the more their rules will conflict with each other and put pressure disproportionately on higher performing professionals. ...; Created on 19 July 2019
511. Scanning the horizon (and other sea-faring clichés) - Jonathan Wheeler, Managing Partner, Bolt Burdon Kemp: (News Category 2); ... friends and claims management companies, but I fear for claimants and predict worse outcomes for them. Some law firms may raise their sights to more serious, complex work. At the opposite end, the Lord ...; Created on 17 July 2019
512. PI Practitioner, July 2019: (News Category 2); ... Mr Hazeldean, an oncoming cyclist, at the last moment. She panicked and tried to... Image ©iStockphoto.com/EmiliaU Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 July 2019
513. Summary of Recent Cases, July 2019: (News Category 3); ... nt until the Claimant was born at full-term suffering from brain damage in the form of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 July 2019
514. June 2019 Contents: (Menus); ... es occurring during sports games. Whilst it was visibly distressing to see a head injury occurring during the Champions League Final, what was even more traumatising was the fact that the player was allo ...; Created on 28 June 2019
515. Fixed recoverable costs are restricting smaller firms’ ability to offer services - Phil Sherwood, President of CILEx: (News Category 3); ... powers to award modest cost increases, especially in cases that are more complex than they look at the point of allocation or where circumstances add additional costs. The introduction of fixed recoverable ...; Created on 28 June 2019
516. Heads Up: How is head injury treated in the world of sport? - Rujina Begum, Bolt Burdon Kemp: (News Category 2); ... Champions League Final, what was even more traumatising was the fact that the player was allowed to return to the pitch moments later. It is true that there are different rules for sports such as football, ...; Created on 27 June 2019
517. Exploring the impact of personal injury on mental health - Tom Fitzgerald, Managing Director of National Accident Helpline: (News Category 3); ... from not being able to look after their children to the struggles with anxiety and depression which some experience. More than 1,000 people who had been injured in accidents which weren’t their fault ...; Created on 24 June 2019
518. Claimant solicitors predict closures and redundancies as a result of Civil Liability Act reforms - Qamar Anwar, First4Lawyers: (News Category 2); ... handler of low-value work. An optimistic 21% said the profession would find a way to handle small claims, but two-thirds think insurers would then start pushing for yet more reform. Asked how they expected ...; Created on 21 June 2019
519. PI Practitioner, June 2019: (News Category 2); ... ngs" is essentially synonymous with "a claim", such that the claimant's claim and the defendant's... Image ©iStockphoto.com/EmiliaU Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 June 2019
520. Summary of Recent Cases, June 2019: (News Category 3); ... .. Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 June 2019
521. Allen v Brethertons LLP [2018] EWHC B15 (Costs) - Claire Green, Association of Costs Lawyers: (News Category 2); ... e ©iStockphoto.com/bluestocking Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 12 June 2019
522. Inglis v MOD [2019] EWHC 1153(QB), Peter Marquand sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge - Robert O'Leary, Crown Office Chambers: (News Category 3); ... notably hard-working, his disability did not affect his mobility and had been in work since he had left the Marines. The judge made the following awards: Image ©iStockphoto.com/nicolas_ Read more ...; Created on 11 June 2019
523. The Systems Ageing Index - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... has a strong correlation with disability and life expectancy and its predictions can be improved by considering life-style changes. Age calculators find it more difficult to describe the biological age ...; Created on 10 June 2019
524. How Doctors Keep up to Date - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... speciality examinations it may be decades since their last examination. I have made FOI requests to determine how many more senior doctors have sat basic knowledge examinations and the results say that ...; Created on 07 June 2019
525. Diamond v Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 585, [2019] All ER (D) 53 (Apr) - Laura Johnson, 1 Chancery Lane: (News Category 3); ... wall. The appellant consulted the surgeon two years later when she was considering future pregnancy and wanted to know more about whether the mesh would pose any risks. He advised her about some risk ...; Created on 06 June 2019
526. Advantages and Disadvantages of a Moderate Volume, High Location PI Medical Practice - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... urban centres and provide an essential service to the great majority of the claimants. Other experts provide a more individualised service focusing on those who are not well served by the high volume ...; Created on 03 June 2019
527. Herbert v HH Law [2019] EWCA Civ 527] - Qamar Anwar, First4Lawyers: (News Category 2); ... had hoped the court would recognise “the way the law was going” in terms of firms becoming more efficient using technology to process matters and said it had taken a lot of investment for claims to be ...; Created on 31 May 2019
528. The case for Regulation and Regulated Qualifications for Paralegals - Amanda Hamilton & Jane Robson, NALP: (News Category 2); ... be evidence in favour of their competency to do the job. Even though solicitors have qualified through a prescribed route, does that give them the monopoly on good practice? Does it make them more competent ...; Created on 24 May 2019
529. Generalist PI expert's Role in Serious injury - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... in some ways more reliable as they are not influenced by the legal process and therefore can be relied upon by the generalist expert. Some claimants require a second specialist consultant opinion when ...; Created on 17 May 2019
530. PI Practitioner, May 2019: (News Category 2); ... ("ROH") appealed the decision which found that it was liable for breach of statutory duty causing injury to the hearing of a viola player in its orchestra... Image ©iStockphoto.com/EmiliaU Read mo ...; Created on 16 May 2019
531. Generalist PI Expert's Role in Psychological Injury - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... CPD a year... Image ©iStockphoto.com/nicoolay Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 May 2019
532. Summary of Recent Cases, May 2019: (News Category 3); ... d that he was not doing his laboratory work on the dancefloor. The Claimant's argument that the... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 May 2019
533. How to Assess whether Experts are Complying with CPR35, PD35 and the Guidance - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... Image ©iStockphoto.com/mediaphotos Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 13 May 2019
534. The Impact of Costs Management on Detailed Assessment: The Rules in Practice - Joanne Chase, Clarion Solicitors: (News Category 3); ... how their costs fell within the budget ordered by the Court... Image ©iStockphoto.com/catenarymedia Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 06 May 2019
535. FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to the SRA Principles, Individual and Law Firm Codes of Conduct 2019 - What Every Law Firm Needs to Know' by Paul Bennett: (News Category 2); ... profession. Even in the current marketplace it becomes increasingly difficult for detailed rules to keep pace with change. This will be even more so with the liberalised legal landscape starting in October ...; Created on 02 May 2019
536. Relief from sanctions and the big picture: Roberts v Fresse & Anor. [2018] EWHC 3867 (QB) - Niall Maclean, 12 King's Bench Walk: (News Category 2); ... Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 01 May 2019
537. April 2019 Contents: (Menus); ... y to indulge my judicial fantasies. More importantly, this is a valuable event because it will allow us the opportunity to demonstrate how credit hire arguments play out in the Court room... Mr S v E ...; Created on 30 April 2019
538. How To Investigate A Medical Mistake As Cheaply As Possible - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... their doctor something bad must has happened, more than the medical disaster, they have suffered a loss of trust in their practitioner. This loss, like the stages of grief, often starts with disbelief ...; Created on 30 April 2019
539. Editorial: Credit Hire Mock Trial - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers: (News Category 3); ... my judicial fantasies. More importantly, this is a valuable event because it will allow us the opportunity to demonstrate how credit hire arguments play out in the Court room. In credit hire litigation, ...; Created on 30 April 2019
540. Medical Records Review in Personal Injury - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... is a question that needs answering it is not necessary. A & E records typically contain more of the material details than a GP record as they include all areas of injury, descriptions of the visible ...; Created on 26 April 2019
541. Was LASPO Part 2 worth the bother? - Qamar Anwar, First4Lawyers: (News Category 2); ... agreement regime and extending qualified one-way costs shifting beyond personal injury (PI) as the areas top of the list to address in the future (with the former sounding more likely than the latter). ...; Created on 25 April 2019
542. Fraudulent claims; are England and Scotland moving in different directions? - Kate Donachie, Brodies LLP: (News Category 2); ... Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 24 April 2019
543. PI Practitioner, April 2019: (News Category 2); ... day? At first instance, the Judge held that when a cause of action was... Image ©iStockphoto.com/EmiliaU Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 April 2019
544. Summary of Recent Cases, April 2019: (News Category 3); ... d H with a policy of motor insurance. Clause 1a of the policy booklet provided... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 April 2019
545. Autonomous Vehicles May Be Motoring Towards the UK, but Who Is Liable if They Crash Along the Way? - Paul Fretwell, George Ide LLP: (News Category 2); ... and lawyers – potentially at the expense of seriously-injured road accident victims. It seems there are many twists and turns in the road ahead for autonomous vehicles. Hopefully there will be no more ...; Created on 15 April 2019
546. FREE SAMPLE from 'A Practical Guide to Noise Induced Hearing Loss Claims' by Andrew Mckie, Ian Skeate, Gareth McAloon: (News Category 2); ... Where any person has to work at a place from which he will be liable to fall a distance more than [F22 metres]], then, unless the place is one which affords secure foothold and, where necessary, secure ...; Created on 10 April 2019
547. FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'An Introduction to Beauty Negligence Claims – A Practical Guide for the Personal Injury Practitioner' by Greg Almond: (News Category 3); ... the equipment is not properly sterilised. Future MRI exams may also be affected, due to the pigments altering the quality of the image. MORE INFORMATION / PURCHASE THE BOOK ONLINE Image ©iStockphoto.com/Rober ...; Created on 02 April 2019
548. CPR Part 35.14 An Underused Right? - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... can still write to the instructing solicitor stating... Image ©iStockphoto.com/J-Elgaard Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 27 March 2019
549. How Should Medical Experts be Regulated? - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... difference between summative (pass-fail) and formative (feedback) assessments is that those who undergo formative assessments are more likely to continue learning. I have written a number of articles ...; Created on 26 March 2019
550. Have they Written the Perfect CPR Part 35 Questions? - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... longer to answer than is reasonable to raise disproportionality and should give low estimates to their hourly rate. At £80 per hour the expert would not be able to answer more than about 12 questions ...; Created on 25 March 2019
551. ENRC v SFO: Privilege Rebuilt - Helen Simm, Browne Jacobson LLP: (News Category 2); ... ENRC refused to disclose four categories of documents on the basis that they were protected by... Image cc David Dixon Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 21 March 2019
552. Are Psychology and Law good bedfellows? - Book Review by Dr Hugh Koch: (News Category 4); ... is in itself, becoming more accessible to lawyers, barristers and the judiciary. This is the 2nd edition of Psychology and Law covering new topics such as neuropsychological assessments and children ...; Created on 19 March 2019
553. PI Practitioner, March 2019: (News Category 2); ... case, Ms Cameron was injured in a hit-and-run road traffic accident where the other vehicle was identified but the... Image ©iStockphoto.com/EmiliaU Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 March 2019
554. Summary of Recent Cases, March 2019: (News Category 3); ... ead more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 March 2019
555. Infant Pedestrians: Can You Blame the Parents? - Edward Cleary, DWF: (News Category 3); ... to give evidence at trial. Findings Mrs Justice Yip made the following findings of fact in respect of the accident circumstances... Image ©iStockphoto.com/Entienou Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only ...; Created on 14 March 2019
556. Guilty Plea for Healthcare Provider’s Breach of Health and Safety Law - Alison McAteer, Brodies: (News Category 3); ... Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 08 March 2019
557. Holiday Sickness Claims: Travel Claims for Gastroenteritis - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... of an outbreak so the expert cannot determine the likely origin or type of the agent involved. Outbreaks are when a good proportion of the exposed travellers all develop the same symptoms at more or ...; Created on 28 February 2019
558. £23m settlement for brain injured child: the cost of medical negligence - Ben Gent, Express Solicitors: (News Category 3); ... in the first place. Liability Lawyers must understand disclosure and, in this case, specific requests yielded an internal investigation report suggesting that... Image: public domain Read more ...; Created on 28 February 2019
559. Editorial: Delay and Adjourned Hearings - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers: (News Category 2); ... 23.8(c). But the core issue is one of resources; substantial improvement is likely to require significantly increased investment in civil justice, including in the recruitment of more Judges. Aidan Ellis ...; Created on 27 February 2019
560. Recovering and challenging additional liabilities - Andrew Roy, 12 King's Bench Walk: (News Category 2); ... for a 25% success fee if the claim settled more than 3 months before trial and 100% thereafter. The terms of the CFAs were conventional. “Success” was defined simply in terms of recovering any damages. ...; Created on 22 February 2019
561. Practical steps for complying with GDPR - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... should only be a back up to a more secure system. It is unreasonable to suggest that processors delete individual cases as they reach a pre-determined time threshold on the grounds of proportionality. ...; Created on 19 February 2019
562. Answering Material Questions in Injuries with a Mental Health Component - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... is much more effective than being tough. The claimant rather than the expert builds the model of their emotional world by being supported whilst talking about their life and feelings and thoughts. This ...; Created on 18 February 2019
563. PI Practitioner, February 2019: (News Category 2); ... more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 February 2019
564. Summary of Recent Cases, February 2019: (News Category 3); ... Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 February 2019
565. Deal or No Deal? Brexit and Accidents Abroad - Kelvin Farmaner, Trethowans LLP & FOIL: (News Category 3); ... more likely to face disruption depending on the progress of Brexit negotiations. The Fourth Directive enables victims to return home and then pursue a claim in their home country either via a local representative ...; Created on 08 February 2019
566. Appeals, Clinical Records and Adverse Inferences - Anna Datta, Parklane Plowden Chambers: (News Category 2); ... is needed in every case is to make the process of fact finding too onerous and mechanistic’. Furthermore, the judge had found that Dr Hooper’s clinical note was ‘tangential’ and that the evidence suggested ...; Created on 05 February 2019
567. The importance of getting the wording of pre-trial agreements right - Kate Donachie & Mohsen Din, Brodies LLP: (News Category 2); ... The value of the claim had been agreed before proof (trial) by way of joint minute. The terms of the joint minute were as follows... Image ©iStockphoto.com/webphotographeer Read more (PIBULJ subscribers ...; Created on 31 January 2019
568. What History tells us about Collapsing Health Systems 2019 - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... of 72 years. Russia’s experience gives the clearest view of the effects of a collapsing health system and shows the same pattern of more people getting ill and dying quickly. Burnout in Japan ...; Created on 30 January 2019
569. The 'scope of duty test' for causation: when 'but for' is just not enough - James Weston, 7BR: (News Category 3); ... the provision of negligent property valuation information. The House of Lords held that the Claimants could only recover for losses that were... Image ©iStockphoto.com/Jovanmandic Read more (PIBULJ ...; Created on 29 January 2019
570. The ambit of QOCS considered (again): who can recover costs in cases outside the straightforward Claimant v Defendant scenario? - Alice Nash, Hailsham Chambers: (News Category 3); ... and interest payable by the defendant seeking to enforce the costs order. The language of the rule was wide and could plainly encompass the situation in which... Image ©iStockphoto.com/DNY59 Read more ...; Created on 28 January 2019
571. A Novel Approach to Loss of a Chance Cases 2019 - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... The life expectancy in days from the date of the breach for the average patient with the disease modified by the patient’s individual circumstances gives a more reliable result. (3) Wilsher ...; Created on 25 January 2019
572. PI Practitioner, January 2019: (News Category 2); ... Limitation Act 1980. The courts appear to have become increasingly more liberal in their approach to applications under s.33 in recent years, and the case of David Ellis v (1) Heart of England NHS Foundatio ...; Created on 16 January 2019
573. Summary of Recent Cases, January 2019: (News Category 3); ... nt. The parties had come to an agreement which provided for the First Defendant's insurer, Acromas Insurance Co Ltd ("Acromas"), to make... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subsc ...; Created on 15 January 2019
574. The complex reasons why a claimant takes legal action - Ali Malsher, Anthony Gold Solicitors: (News Category 2); ... procedure and a deficient apology letter are factors which are more likely to lead a claimant to consider litigation. Some claimants will always need and want to take legal action . However a more empathetic, ...; Created on 14 January 2019
575. Time to re-examine tree inspection regimes - Simon Jones & Susan Rands, BLM: (News Category 3); ... have been carried out more frequently. At first, instance the judge stated that the type of tree, its location and the consequences if it were to fall were of specific relevance. He concluded that the ...; Created on 11 January 2019
576. Fundamental dishonesty in occupational disease claims (part 3) - Paul Debney, Weightmans LLP: (News Category 2); ... It was only after... Image ©iStockphoto.com/firebrandphotography Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 09 January 2019
577. Legal Mind Case and Commentary No 20 - Assessing Distress Post-Cyber Breaches [Koch HCH, Laraway A, Pelser C & Lamswood S 2018]: (News Category 4); ... and relocation pressure are adequately assessed as well as the more obvious clinical injuries of depression and generalised anxiety (1, 2, 3). The number of high profile data breaches in the last few ...; Created on 20 December 2018
578. Editorial: Trial Bundles - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers: (News Category 2); ... that a case gets to trial. Moreover, I wonder whether it is necessary to include Claimant’s complete medical records in the bundle. Of course, there should be cross-examination on relevant records but ...; Created on 20 December 2018
579. Artificial Intelligence and the Professions 2018 - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... for data input from the professional to the client using an online form is no more likely to be successful than using a paper questionnaire. The latest developments in pattern recognition have allowed ...; Created on 19 December 2018
580. 'Tough Choices' by Daniel Sokol - Reviewed by Aidan O'Brien: (News Category 4); ... specialist support to allow clinicians to practise more ethical medicine. Perhaps this book’s greatest achievement is that it teaches the reader how to think like an ethicist. It equips the reader with ...; Created on 17 December 2018
581. An Introduction to Expert Report Writing 2018 - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... they typically feel more comfortable using the same style of writing as they would in their professional life. There is a parallel between the two types of reports as both are built upon the model of ...; Created on 17 December 2018
582. PI Practitioner, December 2018: (News Category 2); ... he judgment is a recognition of the fact that just because an expert report has been obtained, a grant of permission is not necessarily more likely to be obtained. Further, if the expert is presumptiv ...; Created on 16 December 2018
583. Summary of Recent Cases, December 2018: (News Category 3); ... al offences would constitute turpitude had... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 December 2018
584. Review of Highway Code Due for 2019 - Charles Heppenstall, Weightmans LLP: (News Category 2); ... onto motorists, we see this development as simply part of the Government’s rolling campaign to improve road safety, and also as a part of more recent efforts to reduce traffic pollution on the streets ...; Created on 10 December 2018
585. Where Paternal Depression Meets Secondary Victim Claims - Chantelle Bacchus, Bolt Burdon Kemp: (News Category 3); ... and all members of the family can be affected by a psychologically harmful event... Image ©iStockphoto.com/Lobro78 Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 07 December 2018
586. An Introduction to Cooling - Flora Midgley, Bolt Burdon Kemp: (News Category 2); ... cooling: An apgar score of Need for resuscitation and oxygen after 10 minutes of birth Infants with moderate... Image ©iStockphoto.com/mihhailov Read more ...; Created on 06 December 2018
587. Note on the Supreme Court Judgment in Darnley - Jeremy Pendlebury, 7BR: (News Category 3); ... information, he would have remained within the hospital setting; and (b) that it... Image ©iStockphoto.com/selimaksan Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 05 December 2018
588. Cavanagh v Witley Parish Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2232 - Peter Wake, Weightmans LLP: (News Category 2); ... Therefore, given its size, location and potential to cause very serious harm, it should have been inspected no less than every two years and, had this happened, this more frequent inspection regime would ...; Created on 04 December 2018
589. Cauda Equina Syndrome - Sandra De Souza, Anthony Gold Solicitors: (News Category 3); ... permanent nerve damage, including loss of bowel and bladder control, a reduction in mobility and permanent paralysis and pain. It is well recognised that a later diagnosis is more likely to lead to an ...; Created on 03 December 2018
590. Editorial: Pre-Action Disclosure of Financial Documents in Credit Hire Cases - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers: (News Category 5); ... was intrusive and premature. The Court concluded that... Image ©iStockphoto.com/ Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 30 November 2018
591. FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Vicarious Liability' by Mariel Irvine: (News Category 3); ... , having regard also to the assistance provided by previous court decisions… MORE INFO / PURCHASE THE BOOK ONLINE Image ©iStockphoto.com/alexskopje ...; Created on 29 November 2018
592. Helping Doctors Who are Suicidal 2018 - Dr Mark Burgin: (Burgin); ... If the doctor does not gain insight they use more and more extreme steps to resolve the situation and will increasingly see suicide as a reasonable way forward. Stigma It is said that medical schools ...; Created on 28 November 2018
593. Fundamental dishonesty in occupational disease claims (part 2) - Paul Debney, Weightmans LLP: (News Category 3); ... that the injury was attributable in whole or in part to the act or omission which is alleged to constitute negligence, nuisance or breach of duty; and... Image ©iStockphoto.com/ Read more (PIBULJ subscribers ...; Created on 18 November 2018
594. PI Practitioner, November 2018: (News Category 2); ... d more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 16 November 2018
595. Summary of Recent Cases, November 2018: (News Category 3); ... ted at the... Image ©iStockphoto.com/spxChrome Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 15 November 2018
596. FREE CHAPTER: The History And The Science (from ‘A Practical Guide to Claims Arising from Delays in Diagnosing Cancer’ by Bella Webb): (News Category 3); ... have, in recent years, published articles which suggest that cancer survival in the UK is the worst anywhere in Europe. Moreover, Cancer Research UK published a report in September 2014 indicating that ...; Created on 14 November 2018
597. FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Relief from Sanctions Post-Mitchell and Denton' by Peter Causton: (News Category 2); ... be avoided wherever possible Litigation will be less adversarial and more co-operative. Litigation will be less complex. The timescale of litigation will be shorter and more certain. ...; Created on 08 November 2018
598. Vicariously liability for an assault out of work time and off work premises - Simon Anderson, Park Square Barristers: (News Category 2); ... injury... Image: public domain Read more (PIBULJ subscribers only)... ...; Created on 03 November 2018
599. Case Summary: CS v Alan Smith, Northampton CCMCC - Emma Melia & Sarah Wright, Spencers Solicitors: (News Category 3); ... had learnt to rely on the left more than would be usual for a right-handed person. He would get pins and needles in the arm during the night. He could manage all personal care and adapted ways to do ...; Created on 01 November 2018
600. October 2018 Contents: (Menus); ... ld like to learn more about these types of disputes... Accommodation; Discount or Dilemma? - Trevor Ward, Fletchers Solicitors Will the likely change in the discount rate for persona ...; Created on 31 October 2018

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Credit Hire Articles

We have now published more than 50 specialist credit hire articles. A selection are shown below, or see the complete list here. Subscribers can also access, for free, the latest edition of Kevan & Ellis on Credit Hire.

The absence of a valid MOT certificate may defeat a claim for credit hire due to lack of causation, even if it does not defeat the entire claim - Nancy Kelehar, Temple Garden Chambers

28/09/23. Mr Justice Martin Spencer gave judgment in an appeal by the Claimant against the dismissal of the claim for credit hire charges on the basis that a lack of an MOT certi...

Appeal judge rules that credit hire company has no costs liability following a finding of fundamental dishonesty in personal injury case: RSA v. Fastrack Solutions Limited [2023] 4 WLUK 92 - David Bowden, Erimus Chambers

29/05/23. Mr Shazad staged a car accident on 25th November 2015. The other driver said at the beginning ‘ I thought the accident was suspicious straight away’ . A court claim ...

Editorial: Pre-Action Disclosure of Financial Documents in Credit Hire Cases - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers

30/11/18. As long ago as 2004, in the course of carving out the impecuniosity exception in Lagden v O’Connor, Lord Nicholls expressed the hope that the parties “should be able t...

In Credit Hire circles, what goes around comes around (again…): Irving v Morgan Sindall PLC considered - Jason Prosser, Leeper Prosser Solicitors

30/07/18. In Credit hire arguments go in circles, at least that is the experience of the writer (who has now been engaged in conducting credit hire claims for nearly 15 years), w...

Back to Basics: Should Credit Hire be Stripped? - Gary Herring - Horwich Farrelly Solicitors

11/09/14. In Dimond v Lovell the House of Lords made it all seem so simple. In a case where the claimant sought hire charges in the princely sum of £346.63, it was held that ...

Out of ‘Control’? Credit Hire and CPR Part 31 - Gary Herring, Horwich Farrelly Solicitors

10/04/14. Disputes relating to disclosure remain an enduring feature of credit hire litigation and, largely to the understandable annoyance of the judiciary, are the source of mu...

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