UK legal guides

Our UK legal guides contain practical and targeted information for insurance organisations and individuals.

UK legal guides

These guides will help you understand key issues that will be faced by claims handlers. Some give practical guidance to a claims process, such as the  EL/PL pre-action protocol. Others provide an in-depth explanation and tactical thinking about a complex area such as periodical payments.

These manuals are written by our lawyers to give you ‘at a glance’ insights on topics including:

  • EL/PL pre-action protocol
  • Catastrophic claims
  • Occupational disease
  • Medical law
  • Motor credit hire and motor prosecution
  • CRU benefits and appeals

See our full range of Kennedys UK legal guides below. You can download a preview now or contact us to request a full copy.

Catastrophic injury claims guide

The fourth edition of our UK catastrophic injury claims guide examines the legal, medical and tactical issues that arise when dealing with catastrophic injury claims. This new edition of our guide has been comprehensively updated to include market developments including updates on the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in England and Wales, the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the care sector and expert witness trends.

Essential guide to CRU benefits and appeals

This guide has been created as a practical reference guide on the key features of CRU benefits, offsetting, tactics and CRU reviews and appeals. The guide also includes explanations about features of the CRU scheme which occur commonly in practice and suggestions about how these issues can be appropriately addressed.

Medical law guide

This fifth edition of our medical law guide reviews the main issues that case handlers will encounter, from consent and capacity, to inquests and judicial review in healthcare. We examine their practical implications, drawing from our experiences of dealing with similar situations.

Motor prosecution guide

The motor prosecution guide explains the process following a motor accident involving serious injury or death, together with a description of roles and responsibilities of the agencies involved. It is a step-by-step guide to what to expect and what to do, from the scene of an accident through to criminal proceedings.