Subjects:

Tort Law

Contents:

a) Legal words and References

b) Medical Terms and Medical Drawings

c) Notes on Some Common Injuries

d) Notes on Some Occupational Diseases

Part A: Introduction

1 Overview

Part B: Liability

2 Grounds for Liability

3 Causation and Remoteness

4 Proof and Uncertainty

5 Contributory Fault

6 Defences

7 Road Accidents

8 The Motor Insurers' Bureau

9 Employers' Liability

10 Slipping and Tripping

11 Defective Products

12 The State of Land and Buildings

13 Animals

14 Sports Injuries

15 Deliberately Intended Injuries

16 Criminal Injuries Compensation

17 Psychiatric Injury

18 Clinical Negligence

19 Injuries Causing Death

20 Inquests

Part C: Quantum

21 Compensation Payments

22 Injury Damages

23 Multipliers

24 Loss of Earnings and Pension

25 Nursing and Caring

26 Financial Losses and Expenses

27 State and Other Benefits

28 The Benefit Recoupment System

29 Fatal Accidents Act Claims Assessment

30 Provisional Damages

31 Structured Settlements

32 Investment Advice

33 Interim Payments

34 Interest

Part D: Procedure

35 Funding of Claims

36 Before Court Proceedings Begin

37 The Civil Procedure Rules

38 Statements of Case

39 Schedules and Counter-schedules

40 Case Management

41 Disclosure

42 Experts

43 Applications, Evidence and Trial

44 Limitation

45 Children and Patients

46 Settlement and Part 36

47 Costs

48 Appeals

49 Reference Information

Index

60 Children and Patients

61 Settlement and Part 36

62 Costs

63 Appeals

64 Reference Information

Previously: Compensation for Personal Injuries
Now in its second edition, Personal Injury Law: Liability, Compensation and Procedure (previously known as Compensation for Personal Injuries in the 1st edition) is a uniquely convenient and reliable reference work, providing clear summaries of the law, and easy access to the key relevant claims, practice rules, statutes and materials across the whole range of modern personal injury practice.

This edition has been fully updated and covers a number of new cases along with more practical advice. Each of the 64 chapters begins with a concise account of the main points of law followed by the relevant source material, annotated with case references and finer details The book also includes:-

• All relevant statutory texts
• Relevant parts of the key Health and Safety Regulations
• Full text of the 2004 JSB Guidelines
• Extracts from the Ogden Tables
• The CICA scheme and MIB agreements
• Legal and medical glossaries
• Anatomical illustrations

New to this edition:-

• Expanded discussion of contributory negligence
• Includes a table of time speed and distance for the analysis of road accidents
• Includes the new MIB Untraced Drivers's Agreement
• Full text of the Code of Best Practice on Rehabilitation
• New protocol for disease claims
• More detailed discussion on the treatment of care claims and the conflict of interest that arises
• New section on the effects of bankruptcy
• Updated and more accessible page layout