Whiplash or soft tissue injury claimsNOTE: The Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents...
Psychiatric injury—primary victimsDefining the primary victimA primary victim is a claimant who was directly involved as a participant in the incident...
EL/PL claims in the portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)This Practice Note provides an overview of the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury...
Claims against the policeIntroductionThe police force is a pure public authority (ie performs only public functions). Therefore, claims can be brought...
Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS)What is QOCS?QOCS was introduced on 1 April 2013 as part of the Jackson costs reforms following the removal of...
Occupiers’ liability claims—lawful visitorsBackgroundThe Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) was enacted to provide for a ‘common duty of care’...
Misfeasance in public officeThe tort of misfeasanceMisfeasance in public office is a tort that is rarely invoked in personal injury claims. It is only...
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences...
Psychiatric injury—secondary victims—case trackerA secondary victim is someone who has suffered psychiatric injury not by being directly involved in...
Psychiatric injury—establishing liabilityLiability for psychiatric injury is dependent in part on the nature of the injuries suffered and the manner...
Drafting schedules of loss in PI and clinical negligence claimsNOTE: On 15 July 2019, at the conclusion of the first review of the discount rate, the...