8th June 2018 Welcome to the latest weekly news summary from Law Brief Publishing. You have received this newsletter at newsletter@newslettercollector.com, because you are signed-up to our newsletters via lawbriefpublishjing.com, www.lawbriefupdate.com or www.pibriefupdate.com. Scroll to the end for contact, unsubscribe info etc. 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 FREE BOOK CHAPTER: Fixed Recoverable Costs, Portal Costs and Potential Routes Out of Fixed Costs and the Portal in Highways and Slipping/Tripping Claims - Andrew Mckie, Clerksroom... FREE article from PIBULJ.COM Could self-serve technology give barristers a way back into PI?... Legal Futures RAC says not-at-fault motorists are paying the price for collisions... PI Brief Update News Judge revives dishonesty defence after late discontinuance... Law Society Gazette Jackson calls for costs budgeting to curb high costs of arbitration... Litigation Futures Financial Conduct Authority plans a tougher environment for CMCs... Law Society Gazette General Law News & Blogs Employment tribunal claim time limits 'bizarrely short', MPs told... Law Society Gazette Appeal overturns costs award to flight delay claimants after dismissing attempts to find a 'winner'... Law Society Gazette High Court slashes phone-hacking claimants' partner-heavy costs budgets... Litigation Futures No point complaining about a barrister's conduct to head of chambers or BSB, says judge... Legal Futures Defamation laws must balance protecting reputations with freedom of expression... The Guardian Woman found guilty of distracted driving despite claiming she was checking the time on her Apple Watch... 9to5Mac 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 for one month for just £1? Click here for more info. FREE BOOK CHAPTER: Noise Induced Hearing Loss Claims – from ‘A Practical Guide to Disease and Illness Claims’ by Andrew Mckie The Small Claims Track change for personal injury cases is likely to come into effect in October 2018. This book looks at other areas personal injury practitioners have begun to focus in, including industrial disease claims. This book covers issues in relation to industrial disease, and in particular focuses on the day-to-day issues in practice that one encounters with such cases including spotting the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ quickly and efficiently, practical tips for investigation, litigation tactics, as well as a summary of the law, the important cases, and how to run these claims efficiently...
| | Running The Risk: Hannah Pook v Rossall School [2018] EWHC 522 (QB) - Colin Richmond, Zenith Chambers When I was young, running in the corridor at school was essentially considered a capital offence, particularly if committed whilst carrying scissors. For the modern student-about-school, many things have changed since my day. It would seem ludicrous to a modern twelve-year-old to find that their school owned only one computer...
| | FREE BOOK CHAPTER: Introduction to the Jackson Report 2017 and CMC Regulation: A Summary of the Changes A free online chapter from 'A Practical Guide to the 2018 Jackson Personal Injury and Costs Reforms' by Andrew Mckie. 2018/2019 is going to be a huge year for the Personal Injury world (yet again)! Changes are aloft in all different areas of Regulation. A ban on cold calling for claims companies, the movement of claims management companies towards FCA Regulation and more fixed costs for personal injury claims. This book is designed to be a comprehensive guide to take practitioners through all the changes in a clear and easily digestible way...
| | Caparo Revisited - Paul Jarvis, 6KBW College Hill In Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2015] EWCA Civ 15; [2014] PIQR P14), a case that concerned an action in negligence brought by a woman who was injured in the street during an attempt by police officers to arrest a man suspected of drug dealing, Hallett LJ held that in deciding whether the officers owed the woman a duty of care the three-stage test in Caparo (Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605, 617 - 618) 'applies to all claims in the modern law of negligence' (para.40)...
| | Editorial: Practical Guidance on Proving Whiplash Injuries - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers Although the problems associated with determining potentially fraudulent or exaggerated whiplash claims are well known, since such cases depend heavily on the facts and the Court’s assessment of the credibility of the Claimant(s) they rarely reach the higher Courts...
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PIBULJ.TV - masterclasses from the experts Episode 5: 'RTA Personal Injury: a 2015 Update - What Is Happening to PI in 2015?' by Andrew Mckie Andrew Mckie from Clerksroom presents a 35 minute guide to the latest developments in RTA personal injury claims. Covers fundamental dishonesty, inducements in PI cases, CUE for claimants, pre-medical offers, MedCo, and further problems. 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 - RackItUp When I got up this morning I thought I was destined for a day trawling through papers in chambers. All very relaxing. No worries at all. Until that was, I arrived in chambers to be confronted by HeadClerk looking particularly serious. 'Mr BabyBarista. I need you to get over to court 6 over the road in twenty minutes. Million pound business dispute. Just need you to hold the fort for RackItUp.' Hold the fort? Oh, the art of the understatement. I got to court six at ten in the morning with no instructions or any particular idea what the case may even be about. I rang HeadClerk and asked where I might find RackItUp. 'Well, that's a good question Mr BabyBarista.' He paused. 'You see, he has a case in court 92 and another in court 20. Oh, and then let's see. There's another in court 56.' He paused again. 'That's in addition to yours.' Now don't get me wrong. I'd already heard about RackItUp's notorious money-making scheme whereby he gets juniors to do all the work and he just turns up for an hour each day on each of his cases, shows his faces, makes a point of looking deep in consultation with his junior and then dashing off to his next case. It all tends to work quite smoothly on the whole. Unless, that is, one of the juniors is ill. That's when the QC should be there to step in. Unless that is you're RackItUp and you're already juggling too many cases. That's precisely what happened this morning when his junior in one case called in ill and left a huge gaping hole in his scheme to be filled by a BabyBarista who was completely out of his depth.......... Click here to continue reading... You are receiving this message at newsletter@newslettercollector.com because are signed up to newsletters from Law Brief Publishing. If you'd prefer not to receive future editions of this particular newsletter then just click here to unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from all newsletters or to edit your preferences please click here. This bulletin is free of charge and is funded in part by third-party advertisements. The publisher and editorial team make no representations about the products or services offered by any advertisers. Please note that your email address is held and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you have received this email in error or do not wish to receive any future emails then please click the link above to unsubscribe, and do contact us if you have any questions at all. This email and any attachments have been scanned for viruses, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to conduct their own security measures and no responsibility is accepted by the sender for loss or damage arising from the receipt or use of this email. Note also that this newsletter does not constitute advice for the purposes of any individual case, and it cannot be a substitute for specific advice based on the circumstances of any such case. Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of this document, the authors cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage, whether caused by negligence or otherwise, to any person using this document. This newsletter is published by Law Brief Publishing Limited, 30 The Parks, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8BT.
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