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RPC
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United Kingdom
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January 21 2013

The court was asked to assess damages in a claim for personal injury caused by five years of sexual abuse by a grandfather of his granddaughter

Recent decisions

RPC
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United Kingdom
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December 16 2011

The claimant was a 10 year old schoolgirl

The discount rate past, present and future

RPC
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United Kingdom
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December 16 2011

The basis for a claim in compensation in personal injury is to put the claimant in the same position they would have been had they not been injured

The Civil Justice Group (a coalition formed of insurers and lawyers) is lobbying for tougher measures banning referral fees by promoting a Private Members Bill which would make paying or receiving referral fees a criminal offence

Post settlement surveillance a warning!

RPC
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United Kingdom
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May 26 2011

In 2008 Mr Noble received damages totalling £3,397,000 for personal injuries sustained in a road traffic accident in 2003

Locke v Stuart & AXA 2011 EWHC 399 (QB)

RPC
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United Kingdom
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May 26 2011

The claimant failed in his modest claim for personal injuries (valued at £1,500) allegedly sustained in a road traffic accident

Singh & Ors v Habib (2) AIG 2011 EWCA Civ 599

RPC
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United Kingdom
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May 26 2011

Insurers appealed against a judge's refusal to admit fresh evidence concerning allegations of fraud arising out of a RTA

John Christopher Morton v Portal Ltd 2010 EWHC 1804 (QB)

RPC
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United Kingdom
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January 6 2011

When a claimant accepted that the value of his claim for past and future earnings was lower than pleaded this was not indicative of exaggeration within CPR 44.3(5)(d) (NB: which obliges the court to consider the parties’ conduct in this respect when ordering costs

Government to review “compensation culture”

RPC
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United Kingdom
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August 24 2010

A report by Lord Young on the effects of excessive health and safety laws and the growth of "compensation culture" - which is due to be published in September 2010 - will recommend, inter alia, banning advertising by personal injury lawyers, robust regulation of health and safety consultants and abolishing conditional fee arrangements in compensation cases

Drink driving and contributory negligence

RPC
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United Kingdom
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August 24 2010

Much has been written in the legal press about the relevance of Darren Best v Damion Smyth 2010 EWCA Civ 204 and the court's approach to interim payments