Interim payments: You can’t always get what you want

Hardwicke Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | November 2019 #180
Jasmine Murphy analyses how to defend applications for interim payments ‘CPR 25.7(5) directs that the court must take into account contributory negligence when determining whether the amount sought is not more than a reasonable proportion of the likely final judgment amount.’ Interim payment applications are often the battleground for pre-trial skirmishes, the warm-up before the …

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Interim Payments: Room for rent

7 Bedford Row | Personal Injury Law Journal | March 2016 #143
Deidre Goodwin analyses Eeles applications and the case for reviewing Roberts v Johnstone ‘The leit motif running through reported Eeles and trial decisions is that Roberts v Johnstone [1989] is an imperfect solution.’Has the time come to reconsider the validity of the apparently immutable Roberts v Johnstone [1989] principle in order to provide a fairer …

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Advocate’s Advice: Be prepared

Exchange Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2015 #138
Bill Braithwaite offers a round-up of some notable recent cases in personal injury law ‘There should always be good reasons for a claimant to choose a more expensive option, and it will make life easier for all if those reasons are explained to the insurer.’ As we approach the end of the year I thought …

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