Personal injury

Articles

The new personal injury discount rate

Julian Chamberlayne, a Partner at Stewarts Law, discusses the new personal injury discount rate that took effect on 11 January and the practical implications for practitioners

The perils of social media when pursuing a damages claim

Jon Andrews, a Partner at Express Solicitors, looks at social media in regards to its implications for a claimant involved in personal injury litigation behaving in a way that is inconsistent with their pleaded case or medical evidence

A tangled web: ‘substantial injustice’ in fundamental dishonesty claims

Jim Hester, a Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, unpicks the ruling in Kirsty Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Limited [2024] EWHC 806 (KB), Cardiff District Registry, Ritchie J, 10 April 2024

Looking back in time: the duty of employers to protect their employees from the dangers of asbestos

Jim Hester from Parklane Plowden Chambers dissects White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Cuthbert v Taylor Woodrow [2024] EWCA Civ 244

The fixed recoverable costs regime – does it all add up?

Matthew Jury and Oli Troen present their views on the limitations to the government’s fixed recoverable costs regime and the need to let the English market for personal injury claims develop on its own steam

Understanding liability amid increasing dog attack cases

Cathryn Godfrey explores civil redress options for victims of dog attacks and bites in various situations

SJ Interview: Chris Benson

Chris Benson is managing partner of Leigh Day He talks to Solicitors Journal about building the firm, negative stories in the press and the firm's collective action against UK water companies.

Permission granted by the Court of Appeal in tactile paving challenge

Bindmans' client and disability rights campaigner Sarah Leadbetter has been granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in her ongoing legal challenge against the Secretary of State for Transport