Evaluating Claims: Successive causes of injury: the causation conundrum

Julian Matthews assesses the difficult legal issues that arise when multiple causes give rise to a compound injury ‘In clinical negligence cases, the complexity of the factual matrix means that the fine line between recovery and no recovery is regularly tested.’ Most clinical negligence litigation arises out of adverse outcomes secondary to medical intervention required …
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Case Report: Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd [2011] UKSC 10

Asbestos; causation; applying Fairchild; single exposure; s3 Compensation Act 2006 ‘The rule in Fairchild applies to single exposure cases of mesothelioma just as it does in multi-exposure cases. In this way, the decision has dealt a very significant blow to the position of defendants in mesothelioma cases.’In Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] the …
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