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June 29, 2017 by piBlawg
What is the correct approach to the assessment of general damages in a case in which the Claimant resides abroad? Should the increased (or possibly lower) cost of living be taken into account and thereby result in an adjustment to the figures set out in the Judicial College Guidelines? The decision of the Privy Council in Scott v Attorney General (2017) UKPC 15 provides some guidance. The Claimant was assaulted by officers of the Royal Bahamian Police Force. He brought proceedings for compensation for the injuries that he suffered as a result, which rendered him paraplegic because of a wedged compression fracture of his spine. He argued that because the cost of living in the Bahamas was higher than it was in England, the figures set out … [Read More...]
June 27, 2017 by piBlawg
So far in 2017 there have been two cases which have clarified the need for claimant parties to establish causation on a conventional basis in cases where a breach of duty in respect of a clinician’s obtaining of medical consent is found proven, and the continuing narrowness of the Chester v Afshar exception. Correia v University Hospital Of North Staffordshire NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 356 This claim related to the treatment of a painful recurrent neuroma in right foot. On 5 November 2008 D carried out a surgical procedure. The claimant continued to suffer pain, developing a type of neuropathic pain: chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS). The claimant alleged negligence both in the advice given and in the performance of the operation, as well as advancing a claim … [Read More...]
April 19, 2017 by piBlawg
If the most recently mooted Government reforms as to the financial limit of the Small Claims Track of the County Court go through, litigants will increasingly find themselves litigating within a regime with extremely tight strictures as to the recoverability of litigation costs. As all with experience of such cases will know, there is an exception per CPR 27.14(2)(g) to the effect that further costs may be assessed summarily in cases where one or other party has behaved “unreasonably”… whatever that means? The Court of Appeal (Longmore and McFarlane LJJ) have provided some clarity to this oft cited but perhaps rarely met test in a joint ruling in the case of Dammermann v Lanyon Bowdler LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 269, where they refer back to … [Read More...]
February 28, 2017 by piBlawg
The Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss yesterday (27 February) announced the change to the discount rate. The previous rate of 2.5% was set in 2001 in a very different economy. The conclusion of a review that started in 2010 is a reduction to -0.75%. The Lord Chancellor’s reasons can be found here and the statement announcing the review includes a promise that the government is committed to ensuring that the NHSLA will have “appropriate funding to cover changes to hospitals’ clinical negligence costs” . Given the reduction in investment yields since 2001, it seems difficult to argue against the principle that there should be some reduction. However, the precise figure chosen has been branded “crazy” by the ABI in a statement predicting increased motor and liability insurance premiums and … [Read More...]
February 14, 2017 by piBlawg
It’s a little over a year now since the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Broadhurst v Tan, a decision which dramatically raised the stakes in fixed cost EL/PL and RTA cases where Part 36 offers are in play. Practitioners in this area will be very familiar with the case, which was discussed at the time by Thomas Crockett of 1 Chancery Lane in an earlier blog post. In the twelve months since the decision we have seen a much greater use of Part 36 offers by claimants and a greater willingness in response by defendants to take those offers seriously. By beating a Part 36 offer at trial, the array of benefits set out in rule 36.17(4) is engaged and a defendant may be left with a … [Read More...]
January 30, 2017 by piBlawg
The Eagle has landed! – Coffee, croissants and Counter Schedules How much do you spend on lunch? The answer for the average Briton is £53,844 during their working lives. Across a 40 year career another £40,128 goes on other workplace costs including coffees, teas, colleagues’ birthdays and work nights out. Two recent studies will prove useful for counter schedulers seeking to justify discounting claims for loss of earnings, relying on Eagle v Chambers (No. 2) [2004] EWCA (Civ) 1033; [2004] 1 W.L.R. 3081, to take account of and reflect the “costs of working” saved. On behalf of Nationwide Current Accounts, 2,000 UK office workers were polled between 19 and 23 December 2016. The results (http://www.nationwide.co.uk/about/media-centre-and-specialist-areas/media-centre/press-releases/archive/2017… [Read More...]
January 18, 2017 by piBlawg
In cases concerning an allegation of bodily injury, time for the purposes of statutory limitation does not begin to run until the cause of action accrues or the date of knowledge of the alleged victim. The latter may be some months or years after the effluxion of the usual three year limitation period from the accrual of the cause of action. However it is rarely decades as it was in a recent case in the Queen’s Bench Division. In common with much of the extensive corpus of authority as to limitation, Keith Malcolm Lewin v Glaxo Operations Uk Ltd (Sued As Glaxosmithkline Unltd) [2016] EWHC 3331 (QB), turns on its own facts. It is however worthy of summary. Here, upon hearing the trial of a preliminary … [Read More...]