The following Dispute Resolution news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Court compels disclosure in £500,000 phone crypto-theft case
The following Dispute Resolution news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Understating the incurred costs in a cost budget did not amount to misconduct (Vardy v Rooney)
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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...
False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made...
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...
Psychiatric injury—secondary victimsWhat is a secondary victim?A primary victim is a claimant who was directly involved as a participant in the...
This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes: (1) the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers’ response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on the road traffic injury claim process, (2) a news analysis on what constitutes a ‘specified amount of money’ in
What are the consequences for attaching a letter disclosing a Part 36 offer to the court before the trial? What actions can a claimant solicitor take against the defendant who has made this grave error in breach of the CPR? What powers are available to the court under such circumstances? Is the Part
Fundamental dishonesty—case trackerThis case tracker considers case law to date on fundamental dishonesty particularly in the context of the court’s power to dismiss a claim under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (CJCA 2015) but also in the context of an exception to qualified
Fixed costs in road traffic accident claimsNOTE: the CPR was amended on 1 October 2023 to extend the application of fixed recoverable costs. These amendments apply where the cause of action accrues on or after 1 October 2023 (the date of accrual will usually be the date of the accident).The version
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