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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—16 September 2021

Published on: 16 September 2021

Table of contents

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)—HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 13 September 2021
  • Psychiatric and occupational stress
  • Civil stress claim after employment tribunal settlement not an abuse (Farnham-Oliver v RM Educational Resources Ltd)
  • Claims involving a fatality
  • Court of Appeal ruling affirms first instance decision and upholds the principles of dependency for foster family in mesothelioma dependency claim
  • Jurisdiction challenge—cross-border fatal claim arising from clinical negligence
  • Coroner’s inquests
  • BSB, SRA and CILEx publishes new guidelines for practitioners in Coroners’ Courts
  • Brexit
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Article summary

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes analysis of a High Court ruling on submitting a civil stress claim after an employment tribunal settlement and a Court of Appeal ruling on the principles of dependency in the context of mesothelioma claims. We also consider a cross-border fatality claim arising from clinical negligence. In addition, we include a round-up of other key cases, news and New Law Journal articles of interest.

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