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About this book
This guide provides a thorough and practical introduction to the large and complex area of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. The text sets out the substantive law governing the legal duties owed by road users, employers and members of the medical profession, and explores topics such as limitation and psychiatric illness, so that the procedural law governing personal injury and clinical negligence claims may be understood in context. In a clear and concise way, it demonstrates how such claims are conducted under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), from the first interview through to the quantification of damages. The appendices include the 2015 Rehabilitation Code, pre-action protocols for personal injury claims, the resolution of clinical disputes and low value EL and PL claims, as well as extracts from the latest Ogden tables. There is also a personal injury case study which includes key documentation.
This new edition has been fully updated to include relevant key developments, including the Whiplash Regulations 2021 and changes to the CPR/pre-action protocols relating to this area of practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Secondary Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction to the Work of a Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Solicitor
- Chapter 2 Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Terminology
- Chapter 3 Road Traffic and Other Highway Claims: The Law
- Chapter 4 Employers’ Liability Claims: The Law
- Chapter 5 Clinical Negligence: The Law
- Chapter 6 Claims for Psychiatric Injury
- Chapter 7 Limitation of Actions
- Chapter 8 The First Interview
- Chapter 9 Methods of Funding and Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting
- Chapter 10 Investigating The Claim and Preliminary Steps
- Chapter 11 Instructing Experts
- Chapter 12 Commencement of Proceedings
- Chapter 13 Case Management and Interim Applications
- Chapter 14 Negotiations, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Trial
- Chapter 15 The Quantification of Damages
- Chapter 16 Recovery of benefits and NHS Charges
- Chapter 17 Post-Death Investigations
- Chapter 18 Introduction to Fatal Accident Claims — Procedure and Quantification
- Chapter 19 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- Chapter 20 Claims on Behalf of Children and Protected Parties
- Chapter 21 The Pre-Action Protocols for Low Value RTA, EL and PL Claims
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Employers’ Liability Case Study
- Appendix 2 Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims
- Appendix 3 Pre-Action Protocol for The Resolution of Clinical Disputes
- Appendix 4 Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims
- Appendix 5 The 2015 Rehabilitation Code
- Appendix 6 Actuarial Tables – Extracts
- Index