Understanding and effectively managing costs and funding is critical for practitioners in personal injury and clinical negligence. This topic offers practical insights into the latest strategies for cost management, securing funding, and navigating the intricate rules governing legal fees. Equip yourself with the knowledge to optimise your case budgets and make informed decisions that benefit both your practice and your clients.
This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes the Supreme Court’s ruling on when a group litigation order test case...
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its final report on a regulatory review of the advice and guidance issued by approved regulators and...
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) have launched an informal consultation on reducing the page limit for...
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal, holding that a court should exercise its discretion under CPR 19.23(1)(a) to disapply a group...
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...
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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