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Periodical payments: latest developments

PPOs are used by many compensators in high value clinical negligence and personal injury claims to fund a claimant's future heads of loss, usually

Defendant liable for fall causing serious injury; instructor should have demonstrated technique to be used on fireman's pole forming part of cross

High Court rejects claim that dentist should have made earlier referral for investigation of mouth lesion. This case emphasises the need for rigorous

This case illustrates the difficulty of a claimant pursuing a clinical negligence claim based upon the maxim res ipsa loquitur. The claimant is

Defendant not liable for failure fully to advise of risks of further pregnancy; Claimants would have tried to conceive in any event. It is generally

Failure to diagnose cancer caused life expectancy to be reduced by three years; damages should be awarded on that basis. This case reiterates the

Court of Appeal grants relief from liability to solicitor held in breach of trust pursuant to s.61 of the Trustee Act 1925. Davisons were jointly

This last year or so has seen a number of significant case law developments in the clinical negligence arena

Out of court settlement of £20,000 for failure to identify and treat patient’s pressure sores, which restricted mobility for 14 months prior to death

Lender Claimant unsuccessful in claim against surveyors notwithstanding surveyors’ breaches of the RICS Red Book