Subjects:

Personal Injury Law

Contents:

Introduction to evidence and proof

The first interview and preliminary investigations

The pre-action protocol to issue

Lay witness evidence

Expert witness evidence

Disclosure and other applications

Close of pleadings to trial

Trial

Appeals.

Publication date uncertain This guide addresses the issue of evidence in personal-injury cases. It focuses on the practical requirements at each step of a claim, looking at such matters as collation of evidence, instructing and using expert witnesses, disclosure and satisfying the pre-action protocol.

Following the chronological order of the claim, this book guides the reader through each stage of a claim. The commentary is supplemented by draft witness statements, letters of instruction to experts, applications for specific disclosure, disclosure statements, notices to admit facts and hearsay notices and counter-notices.