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Criminal Injury Compensation Authority Claims
Gareth Owen Jones (By his Mother and Litigation Friend Maureen Caldwell) (Appellant) v First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) (Respondent) & Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Interested party) (2011) The Appellant had appealed against the CICA's decision to refuse compensation to him following an RTA. The First Tier Tribunal also refused the Appeal and as such the matter was appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Medical expert? What if their advice is wrong!
It has been the case for around 400 years that Medical Experts have benefited from immunity against claims for negligent advice during legal proceedings. Can you claim against your medical expert for negligently preparing a medical report during the course of your claim for personal injury?
Medical expert? What if their advice is wrong!
It has been the case for around 400 years that Medical Experts have benefited from immunity against claims for negligent advice during legal proceedings. Can you claim against your medical expert for negligently preparing a medical report during the course of your claim for personal injury?
Withdrawing an admission of liability after proceedings are issued
Annie Rachel Woodland (by her Father & Litigation Friend Ian Woodland) v Beryl Stopford (1) Deborah Maxwell (2) Swimming Teachers Association (3) (2011) EWCA Civ 266 This case for personal injury and subsequent loss arose out of an incident during a swimming lesson at a local authority swimming pool. The Claimant was aged 10 at the time of the incident and suffered a hypoxic brain injury.
Your Accident Solicitors
Poole Alcock LLP Solicitors are pleased to announce the launch of youraccidentsolicitors.co.uk - a dedicated website for personal injury claims! We believe that making a claim for personal injury should be made as straightforward as possible and as such we want to 'cut out the middleman' and provide our Clients with legal advice immediately. This is why we have set up our own website called www.youraccidentsolicitors.co.uk
Disclosing pre-action medical reports
Ricky Edwards-Tubb v JD Wetherspoon Plc (2011) The Appellant Company appealed against a decision that Mr Edwards-Tubb did not have to disclose a medical report that he had obtained at the outset of his claim. Under CPR 35.4 the Courts have a discretionary power to impose a condition of disclosure. The power is usually exercised after the parties had embarked upon the Pre-Action Protocol and were engaged with each other in the process of the claim.
