Reaching a settlement in PI and Clinical Negligence cases demands strategic negotiation skills and precise legal knowledge. This topic provides actionable insights and expert guidance to help you secure optimal outcomes for your clients. Gain access to indispensable resources and up-to-date best practices to confidently navigate the settlement process and achieve favourable resolutions.
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...
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
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
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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