Lawyers launch 50 new rugby claims despite SRA probe – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 28th, 2024 in compensation, damages, law firms, news, personal injuries, solicitors, sport by tracey

‘Lawyers acting in head injury claims for retired sportspeople have added another batch of 50 individual cases to proceedings.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 28th October 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

The price of discrimination: school ordered to pay £850,000 to an autistic teacher who it viewed as a ‘persistent complainer’ – Local Government Lawyer

‘Jo Moseley considers the lessons schools and colleges can learn from a recent tribunal decision which involved an autistic teacher who was dismissed after making a number of complaints about various aspects of his employment over a three year period.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 23rd October 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Court rules that claims survive despite personal injury dishonesty – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 21st, 2024 in accidents, damages, deceit, false imprisonment, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘The courts have served up further signs that lying on a personal injury claim is not to be treated as the death knell for other heads of loss.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 21st October 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Mother wins decade-long battle for more than £10m over botched operation on child at NHS hospital – The Independent

‘A mother has won a 12-year battle for compensation against an NHS hospital after successfully claiming her child suffered brain damage as a result of a botched surgery.’

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The Independent, 25th September 2024

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Travel & Aviation Bulletin – Special Focus – 3 Hare Court

Posted September 25th, 2024 in appeals, brexit, chambers articles, holidays, insurance, interest, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘Welcome to our Special Focus edition of the Travel & Aviation Bulletin, edited by Katherine Deal KC.’

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3 Hare Court, 18th September 2024

Source: www.3harecourt.com

Claimant in personal injury case against council penalised over “unrealistic and inappropriately ambitious” approach to estimated costs – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 12th, 2024 in accidents, budgets, case management, costs, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘Master Thornett has ordered a 35% reduction in the claimed budget of a man who suffered an accident while working for Thurrock Council.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

140 women win payouts for vaginal mesh complications – The Independent

Posted August 20th, 2024 in compensation, medical treatment, news, personal injuries, time limits, women by tracey

‘Some 140 women who experienced distressing side effects after getting vaginal mesh implants have won payouts expected to stretch into millions of pounds in England.’

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The Independent, 19th August 2024

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Company fined £1m over worker’s 36ft fall – BBC News

‘A logistics company has been fined £1m after an employee fell 36ft (11 metres) on to a concrete floor.’

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BBC News, 6th August 2024

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PXT (A Child) v Atere-Roberts [2024] EWHC 1372 (KB) Costs Management: possible, and beneficial, even when the Claimant is a child – 12 King’s Bench Walk

Posted July 24th, 2024 in accidents, chambers articles, children, costs, damages, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘In this case Master Brown ordered that a case involving a child claimant should be subject to costs management, despite falling within an exception to automatic costs budgeting, and despite the medical prognosis not yet being finalised.’

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12 King's Bench Walk, 12th July 2024

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Can a Claimant Rely on an EU Directive to Avoid the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013? – Ropewalk Personal Injury Blog

‘I recently acted in the High Court appeal in Wetherell v Student Loans Company Ltd [2024] EWHC 1443 (KB) which raises some interesting questions about the personal injury landscape after the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.’

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Ropewalk Personal Injury Blog, 10th July 2024

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Man who slipped in puddle of Baileys on way to BA flight could get £4m – The Guardian

Posted July 10th, 2024 in accidents, airlines, compensation, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘A passenger who suffered a traumatic brain injury after slipping in a puddle of Baileys while heading for a flight could receive up to £4m in compensation.’

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The Guardian, 8th July 2024

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Employment and personal injury case brought by trainee naval cadet struck out – 12 King’s Bench Walk

‘Robert Oldham, pupil barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk, highlights the lessons for practitioners in Townsend v Corporation of Trinity House [2023] EWHC 3403 (KB), a claim for bullying and harassment that was struck out.’

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12 King's Bench Walk, 3rd July 2024

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High Court dismisses fundamentally dishonest £6.4m PI claim – Legal Futures

‘A man seriously injured in a motorbike crash “has only himself to blame” after his £6.4m claim was dismissed in the biggest case to date where fundamental dishonesty was found.’

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Legal Futures, 4th July 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Allegation of Fundamental Dishonesty? No Interim Payment Permitted – Parklane Plowden Chambers

‘In this case, the claimant brought a claim for serious injuries arising from a RTA in January 2019. As a consequence, the claimant suffered severe brain injury which he alleged caused a lack of capacity.’

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Parklane Plowden Chambers, 8th May 2024

Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk

Court of Appeal hands down ruling on use of medical research literature in care proceedings – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 27th, 2024 in causation, children, evidence, families, news, personal injuries by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has allowed appeals brought by a mother and a father against findings made by a judge that their infant son sustained an injury through an acceleration/deceleration event – attributable to “a lack of reasonable parental care”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 26th June 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Compensation process broken, says RAF veteran – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2024 in armed forces, compensation, complaints, health, news, ombudsmen, personal injuries by tracey

‘Any veteran who has an injury or illness as a result of service can apply for financial compensation from one of two schemes run by Veterans UK, a veterans service managed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme is in place for injuries on or after 6 April 2005. Anything before, is handled by the War Pension Scheme. Veterans have long criticised both schemes. Some say they reject claims unfairly, and are slow to resolve them.’

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BBC News, 25th June 2024

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Woman who sued therapist for sexual assault wins £217,000 damages – The Guardian

Posted June 20th, 2024 in damages, negligence, news, personal injuries, prosecutions, rape by sally

‘A woman who claimed she was raped by a therapist who said penetration could help ease her trauma has been awarded more than £200,000 in damages in a high court ruling after she sued him over the alleged assaults.’

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The Guardian, 19th June 2024

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Defining “disability” in serious injury litigation – Exchange Chambers

Posted June 12th, 2024 in chambers articles, damages, disabled persons, news, personal injuries by sally

‘In catastrophic injury litigation, there is often no dispute about “disability”. However, for the category claimants who sustain life changing injuries but are able to return to work in some form, a key issue in the claim is likely to be whether they are “disabled” for the purposes of an Ogden calculation of future earning capacity.’

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Exchange Chambers, 20th May 2024

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

Strike-out on the basis of facts, not law – 12KBW Personal Injury Law Blog

‘Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS Trust and Kent Police [2024] EWHC 753 (KB) is an instructive illustration of whether strike-out applications can succeed on factual grounds against either healthcare or police defendants in the context of claims for provision of negligent mental health assessment/treatment.’

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12KBW Personal Injury Law Blog, 28th May 2024

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Woman left with stoma after traumatic birth – BBC News

‘A woman has been awarded more than £500,000 in compensation after childbirth left her with a permanent stoma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).’

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BBC News, 24th May 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk