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Personal Injury
Fundamental Dishonesty Appeal Rejected
Following Emma Corkill’s previous update on London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games v Haydn Sinfield [2018] EWHC 51 (QB) and Razumas v Ministry of Justice [2018] EWHC… Read more »
Large loss section 57 cases coming thick and fast
Emma Corkill writes by way of brief update on the fast moving PI fraud arena to report on two recent cases involving section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts… Read more »
39 Essex Chambers Named ‘Chambers of the Year’ At The Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards 2017
39 Essex Chambers were named ‘Chambers of the Year‘ at The Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards 2017, which were held at the Hilton Deansgate, Manchester on Wednesday 29th November 2017…. Read more »
Accidents Abroad: International Personal Injury Claims (Second Edition) Published
The second edition of ‘Accidents Abroad: International Personal Injury Claims’ has been published by Sweet & Maxwell. Written by Bernard Doherty, Katharine Scott, Colin Thomann, Caroline Allen and James Burton,… Read more »
All Change Please – Charlie Cory-Wright QC & Sadie Crapper (Personal Injury Law Journal)
Charlie Cory-Wright QC and Sadie Crapper summarise government proposals for changing how the discount rate is set. “The moment we all were waiting for arrived on 7 September 2017 with… Read more »
All change please – the results of the review of the Discount Rate consultation
The Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, David Lidington MP, has announced that he will today (7/9/17) lay draft legislation before Parliament to change the way in which the personal injury… Read more »
Neil Block QC represents Defendant in case which awards record damages to a young girl injured in RTA
Neil Block QC represented the Defendant in JDF v Hampshire County Council, a case in which record damages of £28 million (capitalised) were awarded to a young girl injured in… Read more »
Capacity, limitation and the Human Rights Act (AP (by his litigation friend, BA) v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Eleanor Grey QC – Lexis PSL)
Personal Injury analysis: Under what circumstances was it equitable to extend time? Eleanor Grey QC discusses the court’s decision in AP (by his litigation friend, BA) v Tameside Metropolitan Borough… Read more »
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