Kemp & Kemp: Personal Injury Law, Practice and Procedure

Offering comprehensive guidance on the best way to proceed with a personal injury case, Personal Injury Law, Practice and Procedure:

• Provides practical guidance on the tactics and strategies that you should adopt
• Covers all types of cases, including fatal accidents, industrial accidents, road traffic accidents, occupational health and clinical negligence, so you can take on even unfamiliar and complex cases with confidence
• Provides a balanced approach, considering both claimant and defendant viewpoints
• Explains funding options including private funding, CFAs, Legal Aid, Union, BTE and ATE
• Covers limitation, capacity to litigate, restoring companies to the register, and other tricky issues
• Gives detailed guidance on the Civil Procedure Rules from Rule 1 (the Overriding Objective) to Rule 52 (Appeals) and beyond
• Explains management of awards, including lump sums, periodical payment orders, and PI trusts
• Sets out the procedure in chronological order, showing what to do at each stage, and flagging the issues you need to consider
• Ensures that cases you undertake have a high chance of success, setting out how to take on a client from initial instructions and risk assessment to investigation
• Shows how to deal with evidence
• Provides stage-by-stage guidance on preparation for trial
• Deals with Part 36 offers, mediation, ADR and settlement, showing you how to approach the different processes and procedures