Case Study: What The Claimant Really Wanted To Say
On paper, this looked like a case that ought to settle. The claimant had suffered a serious injury at work. Liability appeared difficult to dispute. The parties were not far apart …
Case Study: Bridging A Seemingly Unbridgeable Gap
“Go back and ask for a better offer!” That was the immediate response from counsel for the family of an injured child when I relayed the defendant’s opening offer in a traumatic br …
Case Study: Multi-Party Claims, Mixed Clin Neg & Accident Claims
The Claimant brought a claim for damages resulting from a long delay in diagnosing an unstable fracture to his spine which had occurred as a result of an accident at work. Before t …
Case Study: Conflicting Legal Arguments & Expert Evidence, Reality Testing
Y, a lady who was 22 years of age, looked set for an excellent career in the armed forces. Y was told she needed, however, a minor operation to deal with what was described as a ro …
Case Study: Claim Arising From Complicated Surgical Procedure
Summary This case study demonstrates the financial and human benefits for the receiving party and the paying party that can arise from mediation. The Parties The claimant was a tee …
Case Study: Child. Fatal Claim. Litigant In Person. Extra-Legal Features.
A claim was made by family, collectively referred to as X. Their child, it was said, had died through a combination of errors in an A&E department of a major hospital. X had be …
Case Study: A Fatal Claim
Mr C was a patient in his sixties who suffered from a number of pre-existing conditions. He had an extensive medical history including attendances at D’s hospital both as an emerge …
Case Study: A Wider Canvas Than Liability, Causation & Quantum
Clinical negligence litigation is often discussed through familiar headings: liability, causation, quantum and costs. Those issues matter greatly. They usually frame the legal disp …
ADR in Case Management: The Post-Churchill Landscape for Injury Litigation
Tim Wallis writes for Journal of Personal Injury Law 2026, Issue 1, released in May. Click here to read the full article. This material was first published by Thomson Reuters, trad …