12th January 2018 Welcome to the latest weekly news summary from Law Brief Publishing. You have received this newsletter at newsletter@newslettercollector.com, because you signed-up to our newsletters at www.lawbriefpublishjing.com, www.lawbriefupdate.com or www.pibriefupdate.com or purchased a product or subscription from us. This week we have another excellent free article from the PI Brief Update Law Journal, as well as the usual selection of personal injury and general law news, blogs, and humour. Personal Injury News & Free Articles Psychiatric Damage Arising From Disciplinary Proceedings - Angela Williams, Browne Jacobson LLP... FREE article from PIBULJ.COM Defendant entitled to withdraw admission after tenfold increase in injury claim, says Court of Appeal... Litigation Futures Travellers being encouraged to fake illness, says ABTA... PI Brief Update News The quality of legal services in the personal injury sector... Solicitors Regulation Authority.... Don’t be fooled by the silence - MoJ 'hard at work' to increase PI small claims limit... Legal Futures Baby Harriet Hawkins case referred to CPS and HSE... Claims Media General Law News & Blogs Justice ministers: the full line-up... Law Society Gazette Consumer panel warns SRA that latest Handbook reforms are recipe for 'consumer confusion'... Legal Futures Legal aid evidence victory: 5 year time limit abandoned for domestic violence victims... New Law Journal New Lord Chancellor 'must ensure justice is properly resourced and functioning effectively'... The Bar Council Tribunal shows mercy to junior who worked in 'culture of fear'... Law Society Gazette New female law students outnumber males two to one... Legal Cheek PIBULJ.COM Articles A selection of recent and popular articles from PIBULJ.COM. Note that an account is required to read the full articles. If you haven't subscribed yet, why not try it out free for one month? Click here for more info. Patient Consent and the Law: 3 Reasons Why It Matters - Paul Sankey, Enable Law The Supreme Court's decision in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board changed the law in relation to patient consent. Previously a doctor's duty to advise a patient was governed by the Bolam test. This meant advice was adequate if it accorded with the advice a responsible body of specialists within the same discipline would have given...   Taking Responsibility: Foster Care, Child Abuse and Vicarious Liability - Liam Ryan, 7 Bedford Row When dealing with cases of child abuse, strong emotions are stirred in almost all people with clear feeling of right and wrong being arrived at. However, when seeking to compensate an abused party, the question of who should, or can meet a Judgment is a lot more complex, since the culpable individual may have no means with which to satisfy such a Judgment rendering it almost worthless...   FREE BOOK CHAPTER: The Challenge: The SRA And the Compliance Agenda (from 'A Practical Guide to Compliance for Personal Injury Firms Working With Claims Management Companies' by Paul Bennett) Compliance basics – You may think this is obvious, but every day I advise law firms who have failed to step back and challenge their own way of working. For compliance to be effective you need to take a helicopter view and view it from an external perspective...   Experts: Costs and Delay - David Locke, Hill Dickinson The role of independent medical experts is pivotal in the resolution of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation, but the associated impact on cost and shelf-life means a different way of approaching the evidence of expert witnesses is required...   Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty: the Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee of Strict Liability? - Lucile Taylor Case Comment on Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60. In Armes, the Claimant had suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the foster parents with whom she had been placed at aged seven whilst in the care of the local authority ('LA'). The abuse took place in the foster home in the course of day-to-day care and control of the Claimant...   PIBULJ.TV - masterclasses from the experts Episode 2: 'Tripping and Slipping Claims Masterclass: An Update Post-Jackson' by Andrew Mckie, Clerksroom Andrew Mckie from Clerksroom presents a detailed one hour guide on running tripping and slipping claims covering recent developments including the portal and focusing on specific litigation tips and tactics. Click here to watch a sample for free! Queen's Counsel This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen's Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including The Queen's Counsel Lawyer's Omnibus. BabyBarista - Terms of Enragement The thing I've started to realise about ClicheClanger is that his gruff Northern demeanour and no nonsense approach belies a very wry sense of humour and a subtle twinkle in the eye. 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