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Case review 05/05/2022
Dementia risk and provisional damages
The claimant, who was studying for a Masters degree in Fine Art, suffered a significant brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident in November 2015.
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Article 06/04/2022
New 2022 guidelines on rehabilitation after traumatic injury
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a summary of consultation responses along with its 2022 guidelines on ‘rehabilitation after traumatic injury’. In this article, we set out our initial thoughts with regard to the new guidelines and the impact these may have on compensators from a claims handling perspective.
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News 30/03/2022
Kennedys continues US growth with the addition of four attorneys in Miami and New York
Kennedys continues US growth with the addition of four attorneys in Miami and New York. We are targeting US expansion with the addition of two new partners in two of our East Coast offices. Partner Niva Harney-Hiller is joining our Miami office, bringing with her a special counsel and one associate, while Daniel Marvin joins as partner in our New York office.
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Article 15/03/2022
Hong Kong Personal Injury Brief - March 2022 edition
Recent cases suggest courts may be continuing to crack down more on unmeritorious claimants who pursue hopeless litigation. In October 2021’s PI Brief we referred to several judgements of HHJ Andrew Li (HHJ Li) where claimants and/or their solicitors were penalised with indemnity costs and/or wasted costs orders in pursuing a groundless claim. Since then, both the High Court and the District Court have readily taken a more robust approach against meritless claims.
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Article 03/03/2022
A whistle stop tour of key Scottish legal changes in 2021
A whistle stop tour of key Scottish Legal Changes in 2021 and is to follow
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Case review 25/01/2022
Palmer v Mantas & Anor - the challenges of the mTBI defence
Hot on the heels of the judgment in the case of Stansfield v BBC [2021], the High Court has handed down judgment in Palmer v Mantas & Anor [20.01.22]. The claimant received an award for damages in excess of £1.6m for her minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the face of allegations in regard to fundamental dishonesty.
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Case review 25/01/2022
Application for interim damages and costs refused by the court
In the case of NAX V MAX & Anor [2021], the claimant suffered serious and life changing injuries following a road traffic accident on 23 November 2018. Whilst the defendant admitted primary liability, causation and contributory negligence were raised as an issue within the defence.
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News 20/01/2022
Kennedys strengthens Scottish presence with new partner duo
The appointments of Gavin Henderson and Daniela Fusi, both formerly Clyde & Co (Scotland) partners, takes the total number of fee earners to 23 across our offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with more new fee earners expected to join in the coming months as we enjoy another record year.
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News 05/01/2022
Kennedys set to move into London’s landmark Walkie-Talkie
We’re delighted to announce that our London office is to move into London’s iconic Walkie-Talkie building as part of a major workplace transformation programme.
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Article 01/12/2021
Personal Injury Brief: latest decisions December 2021
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to avoidance of employers’ liability policies, care workers making arrangements to pay for the services of a sex worker, the ‘tort gateway’ and accidents abroad, occupiers’ liability relating to trespassers, ‘uncontroverted’ expert evidence, a landmark Supreme Court decision on QOCS, and workplace traumatic brain injury.