Case report: Inglis v Ministry of Defence [2019] EWHC 1153 (QB)

Noise-induced hearing loss, loss of earnings, Smith v Manchester awards ‘There was no evidence that the medical advice was taken into account by the claimant’s superiors, and no steps were taken to reduce his exposure to noise.’ In Inglis v Ministry of Defence [2019], a former Royal Marine was awarded £545,766 for noise-induced hearing loss …
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Chronic Pain: Assessing damages

Rushmi Sethi considers the association between trauma and chronic widespread pain ‘A former soldier who developed a chronic widespread pain condition as a result of an accident which occurred while he was serving as a paratrooper succeeded in establishing a claim against his employer where there was a clear temporal association between the accident and …
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Burden Of Proof: Loss of chance

Suzanne Farg and Verity Danziger discuss the hurdles to overcome to establish a claim The importance of factual and expert industry evidence cannot be underestimated and, in this case, the quality of the factual evidence was vital in allowing the claimant to bring his loss of earnings claim fully. The method by which the courts …
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