Personal Injury

Published quarterly 'Legal Matters - Personal Injury' aims to highlight developments and recent case law in the areas of personal injury and insurance in a concise and readable style.

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May 2010: Legal Matters - Personal Injury, Issue 17
Contents include:

  • CS spray test case success
  • Spot hire rates in Court of Appeal
  • Householder not liable for casual worker's injuries

March 2010:  Legal Matters – Personal Injury, Issue 16
Contents include:

  • For better or worse? LJ Jackson’s civil cost review
  • Duty owed to visitor to land extended
  • No reduction to contributory negligence for open car door

Dec 2009:  Legal Matters – Personal Injury, Issue 15
Contents include:

  • New UK Supreme Court
  • Funeral expenses cannot be reclaimed by a dying claimant
  • Claimant recovers damages for exposure to asbestos as a school pupil

July 2009:  Legal Matters – Personal Injury, Issue 14
Contents include:

  • Cost capping under the new rules
  • Night work cancer link
  • Claimant succeeds despite supporting another’s fraudulent claim

May 2009:  Plexus Legal Matters PI Issue 13
Contents include:

  • Double recovery for claimants in light of decisions on state funded care
  • Cycle helmets and contributory negligence
  • Clunk, Click, every trip

January 2009:  Plexus Legal Matters PI Issue 12
Contents include:

  • Radical judgment on limitation from Court of Appeal
  • Occupier’s liability claim fails on obvious risk
  • Fraud - self amputation