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Personal Injury Practice, 5th edition

Personal Injury Practice, 5th edition

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781847661081
  • Published In: June 2008
  • Format: Paperback , 544 pages
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Now in its 5th edition, this is a step-by-step guide to personal injury litigation practice written by a highly 
respected team of authors. It provides everything needed to conduct efficient and successful PI litigation for claimants and sets out authoritative guidance at every stage of proceeding from first interview with a client to the end of an appeal. This new 5th edition has been updated to cover the following important changes:
  • Periodical payments
  • Mental health issues
  • Compensation levels
  • Case law developments
Contains 5 extensively revised chapters:
  • Chapter 6 on funding
  • Chapter 12 on Instructing Experts
  • Chapter 13 on Part 36 offers
  • Chapter 25 on handling the award and periodical
  • Chapter 31 on Occupational stress
This book is essential reading for every personal injury practitioner, the DIT claimant or defendant as well as students of practice and procedure.

Contents

    PART I
  1. Case Management – in House
  2. Case Management – by the Courts
  3. Small Claims Track
  4. Fast Track and the Protocols
  5. Multi Track
  6. Funding
  7. The Initial Interview and the Claimant’s Proof
  8. Urgent Action
  9. Preliminary Correspondence and the Letter of Claim
  10. Collecting Evidence
  11. Evidence – Non-Expert Evidence on Liability and Quantum
  12. Evidence – Expert Evidence on Liability and Quantum
  13. Negotiations, Offers and Payments In

  14. PART II
  15. Issue to Trial
  16. Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’)
  17. Issue and Service
  18. Claimant’s Statement of Case
  19. The Defence
  20. Applications
  21. Non-Compliance with Court Orders
  22. Review of Evidence
  23. Preparing for Trial
  24. The Trial
  25. Costs
  26. Handling the Award
  27. Appeals

  28. PART III
  29. Special Problems
  30. Limitation of Actions
  31. Fatal Accidents
  32. Claimants Under a Legal Disability
  33. Claims for Injury Caused by Stress at Work
  34. Liability for Products and Premises
  35. Motor Drivers and Owners
  36. Criminal Injuries


PART IV

  • Appendices
  • APPENDIX A Proofs and Witness Statements
  • APPENDIX B Specimen Correspondence
  • APPENDIX C Specimen Schedules of Special Damages
  • APPENDIX D Useful Addresses

 

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