Loughlin v Singh [2013] EWHC 1641 (QB)

Expert Evidence: He who pays the piper…

William Waldron QC highlights some of the mistakes experts make in court and the importance of impartiality ‘My own view is that things are better than before but there are still too many instances of poor experts and inappropriate behaviour.’Recently, I sat as a recorder in the County Court on a tolerably complex, hotly-disputed, six-day …

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Client Care: Predicting the cost of clinical case management

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Claire Booth considers the diverse role of the case manager and the factors that help predict the cost of case management for clients with complex needs, prior to and following settlement of a claim ‘Each client’s recommendations will be different depending on individual circumstances and there is not a magic figure for a spinal injury, …

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Capacity: Test of capacity to conduct proceedings

Deirdre Goodwin provides analysis and considers the effect of a finding of incapacity to conduct proceedings upon the status of settlements not approved under CPR r21 ‘The re-assertion of the principle that an apparently fully informed and properly advised settlement will be treated as void if a claimant is retrospectively considered to be a protected …

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