PI & Clinical Negligence horizon scanner—December 2021 [Archived]


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Practice notes

PI & Clinical Negligence horizon scanner—December 2021 [Archived]


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This Practice Note is a summary of the key legal developments of relevance to personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners as of 2 December 2021. For the most recent horizon scanner, reference should be made to PI and Clinical Negligence horizon scanning—overview.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

To stay ahead of the fast-moving changes in the courts’ processes and procedures necessitated by the pandemic and for industry guidance on how to manage cases during the pandemic including medical examinations, service and limitation, see Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19) implications for PI and clinical negligence [Archived].

Pre-action

CJC publishes interim report and launches consultation on pre-action protocols

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) interim report on the subject of pre-action protocols (PAPs) was published on 15 November 2021.

See: LNB News 16/11/2021 7.

PI Subcommittee consider PI PAPs in interim report

The CJC has published its Interim Report on the subject of PAPs and opened a consultation seeking views on the future development

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What does Negligence mean?

Negligence is 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do' (Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks (1856) 11 Exch 781, at p 784). It is accepted that the test for breach of duty is objective, in the sense that the individual character and mental and physical features of the particular defendant are usually irrelevant.

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