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This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes a new series of videos offering concise clinical overviews to help...
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: The court permitted a practice nurse, a defendant in a clinical negligence claim, to withdraw admissions of breach...
NHS Resolution has published a report evaluating its Maternity (Perinatal) Incentive Scheme (MIS), covering 2018–2024, assessing its impact on...
Dispute Resolution analysis: Senior Costs Judge Rowley, in his second judgment in this case, undertook an assessment of expert medical agency fees...
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...
The Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers' Liability and Public Liability) ClaimsThe Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims (the EL/PL protocol) applies to claims valued up to £25,000 where the accident occurred on
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
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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