23 April, 2024
The Supreme Court’s decision in Paul, Polmear, and Purchase – what are the implications?
By Konrad Honour-Matulewicz, Technical Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 58 seconds) The Supreme Court concluded that “…unless the exception defined by the Alcock line of authority is to become the general rule, a line must be drawn somewhere to keep the liability of negligent actors for such secondary harm within reasonable bounds.” And: “…a category […]
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11 December, 2023
New fixed costs for clinical negligence claims with value of up to £25,000.00
By Konrad Honour-Matulewicz, Technical Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 43 seconds) As most practitioners are already aware, an introduction of fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence claims with a value of up to £25,000 was planned to start from 6th April 2024 and the consultation period closing on 22nd December. However, most recently […]
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