Catastrophic Injury
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Claimant scythed down by Section 57
The decision of the High Court in London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (In Liquidation) ("LOCOG") v Haydn Sinfield ("Sinfield") on 22 January 2018, has opened up further…
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Multiple contempts lead to fine and suspended prison sentence in exaggerated £1million claim
DWF acted for Aviva and their insured in successful contempt proceedings against a claimant who, despite suffering genuine injuries in a road traffic accident, went on to exaggerate the extent of his…
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The Supreme Court on jurisdiction and the interpretation of damage in personal injury claims abroad
The long awaited Supreme Court decision in the case of Four Seasons Holdings v Brownlie was recently handed down, but has the question of how to interpret "damage" in what is called the "tort…
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Predictive Modelling - SCI
As many of you will know I am a member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. My membership includes access to the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Brain/Computer Interface
A considerable amount of cutting edge research is being undertaken in relation to the creation of a brain / computer interface for use with, specifically, upper limb control. I recently had the honour…
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Business Innovation to tackle Brain Injury
Innovate UK have recently awarded £15.4M in grants to 60 projects including an interesting award to one project by Cortirio which aims to provide mobile brain scanning technology to enable rapid…
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A year on: further evidence needed before discount rate changes can go ahead
'Fear of further delay' was the headline response to the Justice Select Committee's report on the proposed discount rate reform. If the Government accepts the recommendations that further evidence…
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Peer Mentorship
Over the past eight months I've been writing and posting articles on LinkedIn as part of my work with DWF's Bodily Injury Research Garage. This is the fourth in a series of articles broadly exploring…
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Equine: Likelihood of damage or severe damage - experience matters
With the transcript of the recent judgment in Lynch v Ed Walker Racing Limited [2017] now available, Amy Jeffs, a member of the Equine Group at DWF LLP, looks at the decision in more detail.
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Discount Rate proposals – certainty and fairness for all?
The decision in February to cut the discount rate to minus 0.75%, after 16 years without a review, plunged the insurance industry and personal injury lawyers into turmoil. This was alleviated slightly…
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