APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims Fourth edition

The management of catastrophic injury claims is highly complex. They involve detailed care and rehabilitation regimes, important decisions on accommodation, sophisticated case management, technical procedural matters often involving the Court of Protection, significant use of expert evidence in multiple disciplines, difficult issues on life expectancy and complicated settlement and financial structures including periodical payment orders.

These claims require the practitioner to 'marshall' and manage the evidence required to properly deal with the claim, as well as addressing issues of client care and rehabilitation. The APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims provides a guide to best practice in the complex area of catastrophic injury litigation. The text provides guidance on capacity and case management, practical help in dealing with and addressing issues of expert evidence, an in-depth discussion of damages and an analysis of relevant primary source material.

This edition contains a number of new chapters in disciplines not covered before and takes account of:

• The Civil Procedure Rules;
• The Serious Injury Guide;
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and developments in this field;
• Alternative Dispute Resolution methods including Mediation & Arbitration;
• The Damages Act and Periodical Payments;
• The Civil Liability Act and changes to the discount rate;
• Updated case law including accommodation claims following Swift v Carpenter

The APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims will be essential reading for all clinical negligence practitioners and personal injury practitioners dealing with serious injury claims.