Features – Page 3
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Trade unions: come together
Trade unions are less influential than they were, but remain a critical conduit for justice
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RTA victims injured abroad
Claiming damages from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau following an accident abroad.
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Criminal injuries compensation
The courts have tackled the issue of compensation for criminal injuries inflicted before birth.
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Clin neg: cost of fixed fees
The introduction of fixed fees in clinical negligence claims could have grave and unintended consequences.
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Negligence claim over Raoul Moat shooting
The claimants said that Northumbria Police owed PC David Rathband a duty of care to warn him of the threats made by killer Raoul Moat.
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PI: non-delegable duty of care
The Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of vicarious liability after the foster child claimant suffered abuse.
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Dangers of fixed costs in NHS claims
For the sake of the NHS and its patients, the Department of Health must listen to practitioners before moving forward with fixed costs.
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Where are the ‘white knights’?
Claimant lawyers were once seen as a force for good. What happened?
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Did MoD owe marine duty of care?
Diving injuries – duties owed to military personnel outside their ‘employment’
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Seeking out novel treatments
Lawyers need to be aware of medical advances that could benefit their clients.
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Roundtable: personal injury
The impact of far-reaching civil justice reforms was greatest for personal injury lawyers – just as government intended. Leading practitioners discuss their responses at the latest Gazette roundtable, held in Manchester.
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Patient consent and medical advice
Supreme Court ruling on consent puts patient choice at the forefront and leaves the door open to more litigation.
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RTA liability and EU directives
Seriously injured man brings action against insurer but cannabis was found in car involved in accident.
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Identification and open justice
Considering anonymity orders for children in personal injury cases in light of a recent Court of Appeal judgment.
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Personal injury: duty of care
Non-delegable duty of care for local authorities in foster care – a tale of two judgments.
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Costs-shifting and the Year of the Sheep
How qualified one-way costs shifting will prompt more costs orders against solicitors.
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PI: calculating disadvantage
Assessment of loss for the future earning capacity of those suffering residual disability through injury has always been unsatisfactory.
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Asbestos – a question of perspective
In mesothelioma claims, justice is being eroded by proportionality.
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The new personal injury industry
Volume ‘factory’ approach will undermine lawyers’ reputation.
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