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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—2 June 2022

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Published on: 01 June 2022

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Table of contents

Clinical negligence
Health and Care Act 2022—key provisions for clinical negligence practitioners
CPR updates
HMCTS postpones amendments to the Damages Claim Portal regarding mandatory use by defendants
147th Practice Direction update
Court and the legal profession
CPR Committee launches consultations on CPR 17, CPR 38, CPR 19 and supplementing Practice Directions CPR PD 19A, CPR PD 19B, and CPR PD 19C
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 30 May 2022
Road traffic accidents
DfT publishes GB road casualties statistics for 2021

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Article summary

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes an analysis of the Health and Care Act 2022 and the key provisions for clinical negligence practitioners. We also include the news that the amendments to the CPR requiring defendant solicitors to use the Damages Claims Portal will no longer come into force on 2 June 2022. We also have our usual round-up of key cases and news and New Law Journal articles of interest.

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