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PIBA Personal Injury Handbook, 3rd edition

PIBA Personal Injury Handbook, 3rd edition

Author: Frank Burton QC; Charles Cory-Wright QC; Simon Levene; Philip Mead
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781846610547
Published In: July 2007
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The handbook is a detailed and practical guide to the conduct of personal injury claims.

“a book of inestimable value”
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Otton taken from the foreword to the second edition

This work is ideal for practising barristers, solicitors and legal executives it combines both know-how about the fundamentals of personal injury law with the latest thinking on new and developing areas from some of the leading practitioners in the field.

It begins by dealing with the establishment of liability and goes on to look at how to construct a claim for damages and continues with an analysis of the applicable procedure as well as the law and practice relating to limitation, costs and funding.

This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated and includes new chapters on: Periodical payments, Motor Insurers’ Bureau, Rehabilitation, and Fatal Accidents.

The PIBA Personal Injury Handbook is an authoritative and practical reference work for all busy personal injury lawyers, suitable for use both in and out of court.

Liability

Duty of care
Foreseeability
Causation
Contributory negligence
Expert evidence: the duties and liabilities of an expert
Recovering damages for psychiatric injuries
Employer's statutory liabilities
The European dimension to personal injury practice

Damages

General damages
Multipliers for future loss and expenditure
Loss of earnings
Loss of pension
Damages for care
Valuing aids and equipment
Housing
Recoupment of damages
Mentally incapable claimants and the Court of Protection
Interest
Provisional damages
Interim payments
Periodical payments
Criminal injuries compensation
Rehabilitation

Procedure

Limitation: resume and update 2006
Medical examinations
Surveillance evidence
Pre-action Protocols and the fast track
Proceedings involving children
Offers to settle
Compensation for victims of uninsured or unidentifiable users of motor vehicles
Fatal accident claims
Alternative dispute resolution

Costs

Wasted costs and costs against non-parties
Conditional fee agreements

Human rights

General Editors

Frank Burton QC, 12 King's Bench Walk
Charles Cory-Wright QC, 39 Essex Street
Simon Levene, Barrister, 12 King's Bench Walk
Philip Mead, Barrister, Old Square Chambers