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.
The Court of Appeal allowed a second appeal and reinstated the costs judge’s case management decision refusing to strike out non-compliant points of...
Construction analysis: This decision is the first reported judgment on section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) and provides important...
This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes important Court of Appeal guidance on vicarious liability and independent...
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) working group has published an update on its consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the...
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
Premises and lawful visitors in occupier’s liability claimsWhat are ‘premises’?Although the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) governs the liability of those in occupation or control of premises, premises are not defined.It is clear, however, that the term should be interpreted very broadly
Psychiatric injury—establishing liabilityLiability for psychiatric injury is dependent in part on the nature of the injuries suffered and the manner in which they were sustained.Classifying the victimWhere a claimant suffers both physical and psychiatric injury (even if the physical injury was very
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
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