Curi v Colina [1998] EWCA Civ 1326

Provisional damages: The right to return

Julian Matthews reviews a much underused solution to complex causation issues ‘There should be significant savings for defendants, particularly if an appropriate basis for provisional damages can be agreed as part of a package at an early stage in litigation.’ Practitioners are well aware in general terms of the availability of provisional damages – whereby …

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Syringomyelia: Catastrophic loss

Bill Braithwaite QC discusses syrinxes and cysts in spinal cord injury ‘If a syrinx develops, but does not cause a financial consequence, there is no point in seeking provisional damages because the whole point of the provision is to allow the court to award further damages.’ In my world, we’ve all known about syringomyelia for …

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