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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—5 October 2023

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Published on: 05 October 2023

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CPR updates
New Practice Notes
Updated Practice Notes
Road traffic accidents
High Court dismisses appeal against finding of impecuniosity
Courts and the legal profession
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 2 October 2023
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Article summary

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights features our usual round up of key cases and news and includes: new and updated Practice Notes following the changes to the Civil Procedure Rules that came into effect on 1 October 2023; a High Court case concerning a road traffic accident, in which an appeal against a recorder’s finding of impecuniosity was dismissed; and the HMCTS’ weekly operational summary.

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