Effective planning and organisation are essential for handling personal injury (PI) and clinical negligence cases. These resources provide detailed insights and tools for managing cases efficiently, from initial assessment to resolution, ensuring your practice remains organised and compliant with legal standards. Enhance your workflow and maintain thorough oversight with practical strategies tailored specifically for this complex practice area.
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: This case concerned a claim relating to childhood physical and sexual abuse in a care home in the 1980s. The key...
This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes developments on indemnity costs, a clinical negligence decision concerning...
Dispute Resolution analysis: In Bassey v Whittaker, Mr Justice Cavanagh held that, absent agreement between the parties, a significant development in...
Dispute Resolution analysis: Following the dismissal of the claimants’ claims, it was ordered that they pay the defendant’s costs on the indemnity...
False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made...
The employer’s duty of careThis Practice Note considers the scope of an employer’s common law duty to ensure the safety of their employees with...
Duty of care and breach in clinical negligence claimsThe duty of careA medical practitioner owes a duty of care to their patient. This duty is to take...
Pain, suffering and loss of amenityValuing the lossHow should an injury be measured in a sum of money? After all no formula can calculate the value of...
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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