Subjects:

Personal Injury Law, Looseleaf Works

Contents:

Part A LAW AND LIABILITY

General Principles

Road Traffic Accidents & the MIB

Accidents at Work

Occupational Illness Claims

Occupiers’

Liability

Personal Injuries on the Highway

Psychological Injuries

Product Liability

Travel Claims

Sport Injury Claims

Actions Against the Police

Animals

Employment Law & Personal Injury Law

Professional Negligence

Defendants

Insurance

PART B LIMITATION

Limitation Act 1980: 3 year Limitation Period

Cases Where Limitation Period is Less than 3 Years

Limitation Periods Longer than 3 Years

Infants and Patients

Fatal Accidents

Date of Knowledge

Applications under Limitation Act 1980, s 33

PART C DAMAGES

Principles

General Damages

Loss of Earnings

The Lost Years

Pension Loss

Nursing Care

Private Health Care Costs

Accommodation

Schedules and Counter Schedules

Fatal Accidents

Non-compensatory Damages

Provisional Damages

Periodical Payments

Interest

Personal Injury Trusts

Recoupment of State Benefits

Inquests

Criminal Injuries Compensation

Authority

Community Care

Remedies under the Human Rights Act 1998

Investment

Court of Protection

PART D FUNDING

The Retainer

Risk Assessment

Conditional Fee Agreements

Collective Conditional Fee Agreements

After the Event Insurance

Contingency Fees

Before the Event Insurance

Public Funding

Counsel and CFAs

PART E COSTS

Making Personal Injury Work

Profitable

File Notes

The Indemnity Principle

Hourly Rates

Principles of Costs Recovery

Estimates, Budget and Caps

Fixed Costs

Payments on Account of Costs

Assessments

Charging the Client

Costs Consequences of Part 36 Offers

PART F RUNNING THE CASE

Procedures

Instructions

Urgent Action

Rehabilitation

Obtaining Evidence

Pre-Action Protocol

Expert Evidence

Counsel

Pre-issue Settlement

Children and Patients

Issue of Proceedings

Early Judgment

Interim Payments

Post-issue Settlement

Small Claims

Fast Track

Multi-track

ADR

Pleadings

Trials

Group Litigation

Appeals

Multi-party Actions

PART G PRECEDENTS

Model Letters

Statement

Pleadings

Applications

Schedules of Loss

Instructions to Counsel

PART H STATUTORY MATERIALS

Statutory Materials

CPR

PART I STATUTORY MATERIALS

Motor Insurers’

Bureau

Criminal Injuries Compensation

Quantum Materials

Rehabilitation

Funding and Costs

Addresses

APIL Personal Injury Law, Practice and Precedents is a major new work designed and written by leading claimant lawyers. The general editors, both past presidents of APIL, head up a team of specialist contributors. The result is a comprehensive work providing the claimant lawyer with an armoury of information on all aspects of PI practice, which will help you ensure the best possible outcome for the victims of accidents.

This major new work comes in two volumes, along with a CD-ROM containing all the precedents, and will be updated on average three times a year, keeping you completely up to date with the latest developments in law and practice.

The new work is divided into the following major sections:

Liability - Each major category of personal injury action is considered separately and in detail, dealing with the basis of liability for such claims with practical tips on how to manage them.
Limitation - There is a comprehensive section on the limitation of actions.
Damages - From fundamental principles underpinning general and special damages, to inquests and the court of protection, periodical payments and investment advice, this section provides a thorough explanation of all aspects of the legal principles and procedures relating to damages.
Costs and Funding - Expert and up-to-date guidance on the legal and practical aspects of these difficult and fast-moving areas of practice is set out in detail.
Running the Case - Practice and procedure relating to PI Claims is set out in detail, with particular emphasis placed on the needs of claimant lawyers. This section examines each step of the claim from initial investigations to appeals. In addition the issues relating to running a PI practice are included.
Precedents - Model letters and statements, pleadings and applications, as well as schedules of loss are included providing you with an invaluable library of time-saving precedents, each carefully drafted by experts. These cover not only day-to-day matters, but also more difficult and specialist issues. All the precedents are included on the accompanying free CD-ROM.
Materials - Relevant materials, including key legislation, Civil Procedure Rules, Ogden Tables and other facts and figures, as well as the MIB Agreements are included.