This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes an analysis of a Court of Appeal decision which awarded damages to a claimant in a psychiatric injury secondary victim claim in relation to the 1982 Hyde Park bombing. We also consider an interesting High Court decision which looked at the illegality defence and the liability of an insurer of a stolen motorbike and a High Court judgment on the jurisdiction of the English court in a claim brought by football fans who were injured at the 2022 UEFA Champions League final in Paris. In addition, we have our usual roundup of other news, cases and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes key updates on litigation conduct guidance following the Mazur ruling and Court of Appeal clarification on claim form issue dates and service requirements. We include a County Court finding that an elective amputation broke the chain of causation and a High Court ruling that a child pedestrian accident was unavoidable where the driver was found to have exercised reasonable care. We also cover APIL’s call for a national medical device register and developments on inquest legal aid proposals. This week, we are pleased to bring you access to four free webinars. We also feature our specialised Quantum Database and case submission Portal. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other news, cases and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes a book review of the 18th edition of Munkman on Employer’s Liability which is also celebrating its 75th year of publication. We also consider a clinical negligence claim involving a brain injury sustained during elective surgery where the High Court decided that there was a breach of duty concerning the pre-operative planning and informed consent. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other news, cases, webinars and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes the High Court dismissing a credit hire company’s appeal against an NPCO, a news analysis of an application to set-aside a default costs certificate, found to constitute an application for relief from sanctions, and our usual round-up of other news.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes guidance on success fee assessments in low-risk child personal injury claims. We also cover two High Court clinical negligence decisions refusing late applications to amend particulars of claim: one where the proposed amendment would have caused the loss of the trial date and another where the amendments amounted to a new claim after expiry of the limitation period. In addition, we include our usual round-up of other news, cases, webinars and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes news of the DHSC’s new package of zero-tolerance NHS reforms and minutes of the latest CPR committee meeting. We have two High Court decisions on a clinical negligence claim where allegations of fundamental dishonesty were rejected and a ‘hazardous kerb’ cycling accident claim which failed on appeal. We also include our usual roundup of news, cases and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes news of the consultation response on the revision of Supreme Court Rules, a High Court foreign road traffic accident claim decision and a News Analysis on disclosure. We also include our usual round up of other cases and news.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes the Supreme Court’s judgment in Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd, which held that contractual liability is recoverable in tort if it is a reasonable pre-estimate of likely loss suffered. We also include analyses of the decisions in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust on secondary victims; Zuhri v Vardags Ltd on the application of CPR 36 in assessments under the Solicitors Act 1974 (SA 1974) and the SCCO decision in Daniel Kenig v Thompson Snell & Passmore LLP on differences between applications for assessment under SA 1974, s 71(3) and 71(1). In addition, we have our usual round-up of other cases, news and Q&As.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights brings you key updates across personal injury and clinical negligence practice, including Court Funds Office interest rate reductions following the base rate cut and developments in online and digital procedure. We review the implications of the Mental Health Act 2025 for psychiatric injury and clinical negligence claims, alongside important employer’s liability decisions on COVID-19 causation and employment status in a mesothelioma case. We also cover interim payment rulings where causation remains in dispute, together with costs decisions highlighting the limitations of the fixed recoverable costs regime, including when standard costs may be recoverable following Part 8 and Part 7 procedural disputes. We also feature our specialised Quantum Database and case submission Portal. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other news, cases, webinars and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes analysis of a number of costs cases relating to the low value pre-action protocols and a case where a wasted costs order was made against a claimant’s barrister and solicitors for including fake case citations in their pleadings. We also consider a highways claims which failed and a military acoustic shock hearing injury claim which was also unsuccessful due to causation. In addition, we have our usual round-up of other news, cases and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes the Law Commission’s consultation on proposed reforms to product liability law to address digital technologies and an NHS Resolution review identifying patient safety concerns in suicide-related clinical negligence claims. We also cover a High Court decision on costs following a claimant’s partial success at trial. In addition, we feature our quantum case submission portal, alongside our usual round-up of news, cases, webinars and New Law Journal articles of interest.

This week's edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights considers the significant implications of a Supreme Court ruling on 'lost years' claims, particularly for young claimants, and reviews renewed calls for reforms to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine compensation scheme. We also take a look at the government's response to ongoing concerns about rising clinical negligence costs. In addition, we feature our specialised Quantum Database and case submission Portal, along with guidance on submitting cases for publication. We also bring you our usual round-up of other news, cases, webinars and New Law Journal articles of interest.