Personal Injury Practice, 5th edition

Contents

1. PART I
2. Case Management – in House
3. Case Management – by the Courts
4. Small Claims Track
5. Fast Track and the Protocols
6. Multi Track
7. Funding
8. The Initial Interview and the Claimant’s Proof
9. Urgent Action
10. Preliminary Correspondence and the Letter of Claim
11. Collecting Evidence
12. Evidence – Non-Expert Evidence on Liability and Quantum
13. Evidence – Expert Evidence on Liability and Quantum
14. Negotiations, Offers and Payments In
    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
    PART III
28. Special Problems
29. Limitation of Actions
30. Fatal Accidents
31. Claimants Under a Legal Disability
32. Claims for Injury Caused by Stress at Work
33. Liability for Products and Premises
34. Motor Drivers and Owners
35. 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