27 July Case Updates Toby Chaplin v Ben Pistol Personal injury, Life expectancy, Statistics, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Personal injury litigation Topics: Life expectancy Statistics
1 March Case Updates Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust [2020] 1 WLUK 437 Personal injury, Legal test, Wasted cost order, Negligence, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing ‘The cost of Iicompetence’ Relevance: General; Personal injury (negligence) Topic: Legal tests for negligence Wasted costs order against expert witness
31 December Case Updates Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 980 (QB), 2019 WL 01643863 Personal injury, Recovery of damages, Pathological grief, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “When is a mental disorder not a mental disorder?” Relevance: Personal injury cases involving bereavement Topic: Recovery of damages for pathological grief
2 July News The admissibility of expert evidence on life expectancy Personal injury, Life expectancy, 06. Rules and Regulations An interesting decision from one of the QBD Master Davison on the admissibility of expert evidence on life expectancy.