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Surgical Complication Case Involving Tracheal Tear During Intubation Won by Gadsby Wicks

Gadsby Wicks, a specialist medical negligence solicitors’ firm serving Essex and East Anglia, helped their client obtain a fair settlement after they were subject to negligent treatment in surgery, causing an avoidable injury to their trachea. One of the firm’s Senior Solicitors, Corrina Mottram, led this...

APIL Warns of Under Compensation Risk in Discount Rate Reform

Proposals for a dual or multiple personal injury discount rate would place additional pressure on catastrophically injured people, APIL has warned the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).   The association has responded to an MoJ consultation which includes plans to adopt different discount rates depending on how...

Uncertainty set to continue as Court of Appeal fails to provide clarity in mixed injury cases

Lawyers have expressed disappointment after the Court of Appeal failed to provide clarity about how compensation should be calculated in cases when whiplash is combined with other injuries, in a judgment handed down this morning (20 January). “We welcome the fact that the Court confirmed...

Mandatory mediation of no benefit for low-value PI claims

Personal injury claims should be left out of plans to introduce mandatory mediation to ‘low-value’ cases, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) warns. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is consulting on whether to establish compulsory telephone mediation for all small claims cases. “This involuntary one...