Coronavirus (COVID-19) implications for PI and clinical negligence [Archived]

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COVID-19

Coronavirus (COVID-19) implications for PI and clinical negligence [Archived]

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Published by a LexisNexis PI & Clinical Negligence expert

Practice notes
COVID-19
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ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.

This Practice Note focuses on the implications for PI and clinical negligence practitioners in the light of temporary rules and guidance introduced following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes:

  1. •

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) implications for dispute resolution [Archived]

  2. •

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) civil court specific guidance—dispute resolution [Archived]

Case management of personal injury claims

See also Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19) implications for dispute resolution [Archived]—Case progression and management.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and Forum for Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) published guidance on best practice to assist claimant and defendant lawyers handling personal injury claims during the coronavirus pandemic.

This agreement was first introduced on 31 March 2020 and continues to apply (subject to periodic review).

The guidance is of course subject to compliance with the CPR and includes the following.

Communication

Practitioners should engage with their counterparts by telephone and/or email with a view to resolving disputes effectively

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Negligence is 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do' (Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks (1856) 11 Exch 781, at p 784). It is accepted that the test for breach of duty is objective, in the sense that the individual character and mental and physical features of the particular defendant are usually irrelevant.

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