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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—15 May 2025

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Published on: 15 May 2025

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Table of contents

Costs
When do the exceptions in the EL/PL Protocol apply?
The absurd, the literal and resolving the tension between CPR 45.29B and CPR 36.20(4)
Wasted costs order for fabricated case citations
Road traffic accidents
OIC announces approved 15% increase to whiplash compensation tariff
Public authorities and the state
Dismissal of military acoustic shock hearing injury claim—High Court rules on causation
Accidents on the highway
Personal injury highways claim

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Article summary

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes analysis of a number of costs cases relating to the low value pre-action protocols and a case where a wasted costs order was made against a claimant’s barrister and solicitors for including fake case citations in their pleadings. We also consider a highways claims which failed and a military acoustic shock hearing injury claim which was also unsuccessful due to causation. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other news, cases and New Law Journal articles of interest.

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