Laying the groundwork effectively is paramount to a successful PI or clinical negligence claim. This topic provides you with essential guidance on pre-action protocols, enabling you to manage the initial stages with confidence and precision. Explore best practices, key procedural steps, and tactical considerations to ensure you're fully prepared before embarking on litigation.
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: Senior Costs Judge Rowley disallowed the defendant solicitor’s success fee when the evidence showed that...
The Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales has published a report examining the experiences of injured victims and bereaved families following...
Information Law analysis: The High Court dismissed six claims arising from alleged historic unlawful information gathering by Associated Newspapers,...
This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights covers two notable costs decisions, including the striking out of costs claims...
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...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin termDefinitionMeaningActa iure imperiiLegal
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