The Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Pod from St John’s Chambers

Rachel Segal and Matthew White of our Personal Injury team discuss an issue arising out of the use of practice of the damages claims portal.

Rachel and Matthew were against each other in a case earlier this year which included many procedural problems all springing from the fact that the DCP is full of trip wires. They will discuss the issues and steer you on how to avoid the pitfalls.

The is a DCP is a pilot scheme which is intended to clarify, simplify and streamline the litigation in a large number of claims in the court system.

In this podcast, Louise Asprey and Lauren Karmel of our Inquests & Public Inquiries team review the Supreme Court decision handed down earlier this year and the clarification that it provides in respect of the application of article 2. Whilst this case dealt with the application within a healthcare setting, it assists in a consideration of the application of article 2 generally.

In this podcast, James Marwick and Jonathan Lindfield of our Personal Injury team discuss the introduction of the intermediate track and the wider application of fixed costs to higher value cases. 

This podcast will address the essentials of the new regime and how it might affect your day to day work as a personal injury practitioner. 

The podcast will also discuss some of the proposed updates already in the pipeline for the regime as well as the upcoming changes likely to be introduced for clinical negligence work. 

On this podcast, James Hughes and David Forster of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team consider recent case law developments regarding Part 36 offers in personal injury litigation.  Specifically, David and James look at when the courts have decided that it would be unjust to apply the normal Part 36 consequences for the late acceptance of an offer and the effect of Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC 385 (CH) on split liability Part 36 offers. 

On this podcast, Rhodri Jones and Rachel Segal of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team have a whistle-stop discussion of some general issues and principles associated with cosmetic surgery litigation.  This taster session includes a brief overview of relevant recent authorities such as Laura Clarke v Adam Kaleciński & Others [2022] EWHC 488 (QB).

On this podcast, James Marwick and Ben Handy of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team discuss some of the latest authorities in employers' liability and how the courts have been approaching the issues which regularly arise in such cases.

One-way costs shifting (QOCS) is about to change with an upcoming change to CPR44.14, altering the scope for defendants to enforce costs orders against claimants.

On this podcast, James Marwick and Rachel Segal of St John's Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams talk about this development in personal injury costs law and what it is likely to mean in practice.

Matthew White and Jonathan Lindfield of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team will talk through the law as it relates to accidents on the highway, including the important differences between highways and highways maintainable at public expenses, and how to win claims in both situations (for claimants and defendants). 

James Marwick and Darren Lewis of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team discuss recent developments in the ever-important area of fundamental dishonesty and related issues in respect of surveillance and social media entries.

Darren and James cover the key new cases and the practical application to the workload of those acting for both claimant and defendant interests.

James Marwick and Robert Mills of St John's Chambers discuss the application of the doctrine of material contribution in clinical negligence claims following the recent key High Court cases from 2021 and 2022 including Thorley, Davies and Dalchow.

After a re-cap of the core principles, Rob and James will seek to draw out the core conclusions from recent cases and assess the viability of the doctrine in the context of indivisible injuries.