Ministry of Justice sets new personal injury discount rate at positive 0.5%
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Whiplash or soft tissue injury claimsNOTE: The Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents...
1st Mar
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Psychiatric injury—primary victimsDefining the primary victimA primary victim is a claimant who was directly involved as a participant in the incident...
1st Mar
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Vicarious liability in the course of employment—the close connection testTo identify the circumstances in which a court may find an employer to be...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson
1st Mar
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Past loss of earningsCommon issuesClaims for loss of earnings are common in personal injury claims and are often the largest head of damages. For...
1st Mar
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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...
Produced in partnership with Sue Brown
1st Mar
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Claims against the policeIntroductionThe police force is a pure public authority (ie performs only public functions). Therefore, claims can be brought...
1st Mar
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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...
Produced in partnership with Samuel David of Anthony Gold Solicitors
1st Mar
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Occupiers’ liability claims—lawful visitorsBackgroundThe Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) was enacted to provide for a ‘common duty of care’...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson
2nd Mar
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Misfeasance in public officeThe tort of misfeasanceMisfeasance in public office is a tort that is rarely invoked in personal injury claims. It is only...
2nd Mar
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Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences...
1st Mar
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Claims against schoolsClaims against schools by pupils can arise in a number of ways, including pupils:•being injured due to condition of...
2nd Mar
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Psychiatric injury—secondary victims—case trackerA secondary victim is someone who has suffered psychiatric injury not by being directly involved in...
2nd Mar
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Credit hire—an introductionReplacement vehicles and hire generallyWhere a driver’s vehicle has suffered damage in an accident sufficient for it to...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson
1st Mar
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Psychiatric injury—establishing liabilityLiability for psychiatric injury is dependent in part on the nature of the injuries suffered and the manner...
2nd Mar
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Identifying the correct defendant in clinical negligence claimsThe National Health Service (NHS)England and Wales have a publicly funded health...
Produced in partnership with Sarah Fraser Butlin of Cloisters
1st Mar
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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...
Produced in partnership with Louise Thomson
1st Mar
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