Explore an array of claims pertinent to personal injury and clinical negligence, providing essential insights for practitioners. Navigate through varied cases, from straightforward accidents to intricate medical mishaps, ensuring you're equipped with the knowledge to advocate effectively for your clients. Delve into statutory frameworks, procedural nuances, and strategic considerations that distinguish each claim type, enhancing your proficiency in this specialised field.
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) annual open meeting of 8 May 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format...
Property Dispute analysis: In Hamer v Levy, the Court of Appeal held that defects in tenancy deposit prescribed information will not necessarily...
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: In Burgess v Sikorski, the High Court considered the assessment of services dependency claims under section 3 of...
This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights features contrasting High Court decisions on fundamental dishonesty in road traffic...
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...
Psychiatric injury—secondary victims—case trackerThis case tracker reviews the case law which has been decided since the lead case of Alcock v Chief Constable of Yorkshire Police in 1991. Subsequent case law developed the concept of secondary victims and explored the extent that courts would allow
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 specific reference to the duty to provide safe premises, plant, system of working and staff. This Practice Note also considers the Enterprise and Regulatory
False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will usually be made against a public body that exercises detention powers, usually a local police force, the Secretary of State for the Home Department or the Secretary of
Claims against the policeIntroductionThe police force is a pure public authority (ie performs only public functions). Therefore, claims can be brought against it under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) and of misfeasance in public office. For further guidance, see Practice Notes: Personal injury
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