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Clinical negligence: The importance of considering liability offers
With the new costs regimes significantly restricting recoverable costs, tactical offers have assumed greater importance. Julian Matthews looks at two recent cases which demonstrate the effectiveness of such offers ‘In strong cases in particular, there is a compelling case for giving keen consideration to a high-percentage liability offer at an early stage.’ There has long …
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- Excelsior Commercial & Industrial Holdings Ltd v Salisbury Hammer Aspden & Johnson [2002] EWCA Civ 879
- Holmes v West London Mental Health Trust (2018) unreported Lawtel 3/7/2018
- Huck v Robson [2002] EWCA Civ 398
- JMX v Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 185 (QB); [2018] EWHC 675 (QB)
- Wharton v Bancroft & ors [2012] EWHC 91 (Ch)