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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—22 December 2022

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Published on: 22 December 2022

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This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes a Court of Appeal judgment on the operation of the Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting regime which found that a claimant does not lose their protection when a court makes an order under CPR 36.22(9). We also have a High Court decision which dismissed a defendant’s application to enforce its costs by way of set-off against damages. We also include our last horizon scanner for 2022 and a review of the second edition of the APIL Guide to Accidents at Work. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other key cases and news, and New Law Journal articles of interest. From all of us in the PI & Clinical Negligence team, we wish you an enjoyable festive period and a happy new year.

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