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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—24 March 2022

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Published on: 24 March 2022

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Table of contents

Road traffic accidents
MoJ publishes response to whiplash reform programme
ACSO responds to reform of whiplash claims process
Accidents abroad
Applicable law—extreme mistreatment and torture in six different countries
Contributory negligence
Product liability
Chemical cleaning product
Expert evidence
Defendant’s application to revoke the claimants’ permission to rely on expert evidence

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Article summary

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes the news that no further whiplash reforms are planned by the government. This edition also includes our usual round-up of other key cases and news and New Law Journal articles of interest.

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