‘The new rule on fundamental dishonesty in personal injury actions, which comes into force today under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, brings with it “a lot of potential for satellite litigation”, a leading defence lawyer has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 13th April 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A claim for misuse of private information should be categorised as a tort for the purposes of service of proceedings out of the jurisdiction.’
WLR Daily, 18th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules encourages parties to settle their disputes. It does this by imposing sanctions if one party turns down an offer to settle but then doesn’t get a better result at trial. The rules are complex, so Andrew Mitchell takes a closer look at the latest changes to Part 36.’
Park Square Barristers, 1st April 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected a complaint against a west country personal injury law firm, saying that consumers now have “a general awareness that to have a valid claim there would have to be some degree of fault or negligence by a third party”.’
Legal Futures, 8th April 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 12 February 2015, the Criminal Injuries and Courts Act 2015 received royal assent. Buried in the midst of this legislation are 5 sections which address issues of significant importance and interest to personal injury (PI) lawyers – cases of fundamental dishonesty and inducements.’
Park Square Barristers, 31st March 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A PE teacher who won £41,000 after injuring himself while demonstrating the long jump and a teacher given £75,000 for tripping over a carpet were among thousands of claims worth more than £26 million last year.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The ringleader of a gang who ran a “cash-for-crash” scam involving bus passengers has been convicted of fraud.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An earlier post looked at several cases this year where judges have considered fairly fundamental principles of damages when assessing serious personal injury claims. This trend can be seen again in a case decided today Robshaw -v-United Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 923 (QB).’
Zenith PI Blog, 1st April 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘An insurer cannot use the law of misrepresentation to unpick a personal injury settlement made with its “eyes wide open”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 1st April 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Lawyers claim injury was much worse than it would have been with appropriate treatment.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A recent case heard by Mr Justice Phillips in the High Court has considered the increasingly popular argument that Noise Induced Hearing Loss is an injury rather than a disease.’
Zenith PI Blog, 24th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Court of Appeal has recently upheld the decision of Jay J here that a drug-dealer was entitled to compensation against the Government for injuries in a car accident, even though at the time he and the negligent driver both had drugs on them.’
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UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd March 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Advice mainly to beginners, but we can all learn.’
Zenith PI, 18th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Dalton and others v British Telecommunications plc; [2015] EWHC 616 (QB); [2015] WLR (D) 125
‘The term “disease” in section V of the former CPR Pt 45 included any illness (whether physical or physiological), disorder, ailment, affliction, complaint, malady or derangement other than a physical or physiological injury solely caused by an accident or other similar single event.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Judge rules HMP Manchester still has to pay Ryan Hough nearly £3,000 compensation for bunk bed fall despite burglar being caught taking TV in raid on fire-hit home.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘MedCo Registration Solutions’ is the new compulsory system for sourcing medical reports in soft tissue injury claims brought under the PAP for low value PI claims in RTAs.
Zenith PI Blog, 17th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority routinely refuses to make awards to women who have committed minor offences.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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