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CRPS: Unusual response to injury

Dr Peter Hollingworth discusses how to approach claims for complex regional pain syndrome ‘The cardinal feature of CRPS is pain wholly disproportionate to that expected from the injury. The pain is both at rest and on movement, and it interferes with sleep and everyday activities.’ Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is an uncommon condition in …
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RTA: Consumer contracts

Andrew Hogan investigates credit hire agreements in view of Chen Wei v Cambridge Power and Light Ltd ‘Even if an agreement is unenforceable in the sense that a money judgment cannot be obtained against the debtor, it does not necessarily follow, in 2011, that the rule against double recovery would be offended if the hirer …
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Life Expectancy: Calculation of multipliers

Richard Lodge reviews the court’s approach to applying Ogden Tables 1, 2 and 28 ‘Those involved in personal injury litigation will be aware that defendants routinely argue that Table 1 or 2 is the appropriate method for calculation of the life multiplier. This argument should not be assumed to be correct, however, and much depends …
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