Costs In Issue: Issuing protective proceedings – a pre-emptive strike or friendly fire?

Shilpa Shah explains how withdrawing a premature case can still lead to a costs order ‘The case of Clydesdale Bank plc v Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward [2014] has firmly brought the risk of adverse cost consequences to mind and may have much wider ranging implications in personal injury cases in respect of claims which are …
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Review: A year in the life

Mark Fowles looks back at the year’s important personal injury cases ‘English law has always been nervous about dealing with issues of causation The modern test is a test of policy. The first test is predominantly factual. The second gathers up much of the traditional language that lawyers use in attempting to set a limit …
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