The APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims will be essential reading for all clinical negligence practitioners and personal injury lawyers dealing with serious injury claims.

The management of catastrophic injury claims is complex. They involve detailed and ongoing care and rehabilitation regimes; sophisticated case management; technical procedural matters; the Court of Protection; significant use of expert evidence; as well as complicated settlement and financial structures including periodical payment orders.

Involving numerous experts of different disciplines, these claims require the practitioner to ‘marshall’ and manage the team, whilst providing particular client care and support. The APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims provides a guide to best practice in the complex area of catastrophic injury litigation. The text provides guidance on case management, practical help in dealing with and addressing issues of expert evidence, an in-depth discussion of damages and an analysis of relevant primary source material.

This edition takes account of:

• the Civil Procedure Rules


• the Rehabilitation Code


• the development of Court Case Management functions, particularly in clinical negligence cases


• changes in the funding of claims, including CFAs


• the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and changes in the Court of Protection


• Alternative Dispute Resolution methods including Mediation


• the Damages Act, Periodical Payment Orders and the challenges facing Claimants in damages management

Written by Grahame Aldous QC and Stuart McKechnie of 9 Gough Square.

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A new work offering detailed and practical advice on evidential matters as they relate to personal injury cases.

The APIL Guide to Evidence is a new work offering detailed and practical advice on evidential matters as they relate to personal injury cases. An explanation of the law and applicable procedure is complemented by practical know-how advice, with tips on drafting pleadings and schedules. 

Written by a team of experts, this new guide will be essential reading for all PI practitioners.

GENERAL EDITOR:

Stephen Glynn, barrister

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:

Laura Elfield, barrister

Philip Jones, barrister

Linda Nelson, barrister

Jennifer Newcomb, barrister

Esther Pounder, barrister

Shahram Sharghy, barrister

Rajeev Shetty, barrister

Christopher Stephenson, barrister

This work provides the practical advice that all personal injury litigators handling RTA cases need to advise clients whose claims involve untraced and uninsured drivers.

The popular APIL Guide to MIB Claims: Uninsured and Untraced Drivers has been revised and expanded to include full coverage of:

• s 151 of the RTA 1988 Untraced Drivers’ Agreement


• 5th Motor Insurers Directive


• Bodies excluded from the requirement for compulsory RTA Insurance


• Recent case law


• Impact of the Motor Vehicle (Compulsory Insurance) Regulation 2007

APIL Guide to MIB Claims: Uninsured and Untraced Drivers provides the practical advice that all personal injury litigators handling RTA cases need to advise clients whose claims involve untraced and uninsured drivers. These cases have always been fraught with procedural difficulties and the technical nature of the Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement 1999 has increased the risks of default by claimants and solicitors.

In addition to the expanded author commentary, the accompanying appendices have been expanded to include all relevant statutory materials (both domestic and European) and MIB documentation, as well as the author’s own draft particulars of claim.

APIL Guide to MIB Claims: Uninsured and Untraced Drivers sets out clearly the potential pitfalls when dealing with MIB claims and offers practical guidance to ensure that your clients’ cases are handled effectively.

Written by Andrew Ritchie QC

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This work provides a convenient one stop source of reference for occupational illness claims.

This guide outlines the vast array of statutory provisions which regulate this area of law, helping you identify which laws were in force at the time of the exposure. It explains the nature of the common occupational illnesses and the problems associated with complicated expert evidence required to establish liability.

Practical advice on pursuing and valuing the claim is given, and the procedure for restoring companies to the register is clearly set out. Expertly drafted pleadings for each of the occupational illnesses are also included. Fully up-to-date, including recent case law such as Grieves v FT Everard (pleural plaques) and Maguire v Harland & Wolff (asbestos claims), the APIL Guide to Occupational Illness Claims is essential reading for all personal injury practitioners.

Written by Christopher Goddard.

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This indispensable book is broken down into 26 accessible chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of RTA liability.

APIL Guide to RTA Liability is a major addition to the APIL Guides series on this core area of PI practice. Written by a team of specialist PI lawyers, it provides detailed practical guidance.

The work is broken down into 26 accessible chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of RTA liability. The narrative chapters are accompanied by useful materials and precedents.

APIL Guide to RTA Liability is an indispensable book for all PI practitioners.

Written by Andrew Ritchie QC

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Asbestos induced illness claims have been the subject of much judicial scrutiny over the past few years.

Containing concise but informative analysis on the history and prevalence of asbestos, breach of duty, causation, apportionment and damages, it also contains helpful and practical guidance on case management and court procedure, identifying the appropriate defendant and how to proceed against defunct companies.

The second edition has a number of expanded sections and analysis of recent caselaw such as Wilmore and Sienkewickz and looks at the implications of the Court of Appeal's judgment in the so-called trigger insurance litigation. A must-have for both experienced and novice asbestos-disease practitioners.

GENERAL EDITOR:

Stephen Glynn, barrister

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:

Andrew Ritchie QC

Giles Eyre, barrister

Christopher Goddard, barrister

Christopher Wilson, barrister

Jennifer Newcomb, barrister

CONSULTING EDITORS:

Master Roger Eastman, Master of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court

Dr Chris Davies, MRCP

Clinical Negligence Claims: A Practical Guide provides a valuable reference source for clinical negligence practitioners, with insights into still developing areas of law.

Written by experienced members of the 9 Gough Square Clinical Negligence Practice Group, the 2nd edition of Clinical Negligence Claims: A Practical Guide provides a valuable reference source for Clinical Negligence practitioners, with insights into still developing areas of law.

For the personal injury lawyer who is new to the particular demands of Clinical Negligence work this book provides a welcome introduction to the practicalities of the law and procedure in the area.

For the experienced Clinical Negligence lawyer this book offers a handy reference source together with detailed consideration of the important areas in Clinical Negligence litigation. The book covers the intricacies of investigating breach of duty and causation through to the practicalities of case management and the calculation and management of damages. Specifically it covers:

• An Overview of Healthcare Bodies;


• Regulation of the Medical Profession;


• Funding Clinical Negligence Claims including Conditional Fee Agreements;


• Complaints, NHS Redress and the Pre-Action Protocol;


• Causation and Remoteness;


• Consent;


• Liability for Defective Medical Products;


• Regulation of Clinical Drugs Trials;


• Disclosure and Medical Records;


• Case Management and Expert Evidence;


• Alternatiive Dispute Resolution;


• Group Actions;


• Inquests;


• Limitation;


• Damages;


• Managing Awards;


• Healthcare Associated Infections;


• Regulation of Human Tissue.

The Book also includes a Glossary of Common Medical Abbreviations and Tables of Cases, Statutes and Statutory Instruments all cross referenced to the relevant page.

EDITOR:

Grahame Aldous QC

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:

John Foy QC

Andrew Ritchie QC

Giles Eyre, barrister

Christopher Wilson, barrister

Philip Jones, barrister

Jeremy Crowther, barrister

Laura Begley, barrister

Christopher Stephenson, barrister

Stuart McKechnie, barrister

Michael Walsh, barrister

Jeremy Ford, barrister

Perrin Gibbons, barrister

Giles Mooney, barrister

Linda Nelson, barrister

Adam Dawson, barrister

Robert McAllister, barrister

Oliver Millington, barrister

Esther Pounder, barrister

Emily Verity, barrister

Esther Maclachlan, barrister

Jennifer Newcomb, barrister

Edward Lamb, barrister

Catherine Atkinson, barrister

Benedict Rodgers, barrister

SERIES EDITOR:

Stephen Glynn, barrister

Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims 2008 provides a fully up-to-date and free-standing guide to the new Scheme.

The updated 2008 Scheme came into force from November 2008. Substantial changes have been made to procedures and to the tariff. Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims 2008 provides a fully up-to-date and free-standing guide to the new Scheme.

In addition, the book supplements Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims by Clare Padley and Laura Begley, a well-respected practitioner's guide to claims under the previous 1996 and 2001 Schemes. Together with Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims, this new book provides a detailed analysis of criminal injuries compensation claims generally and helps you to understand fully the provisions of the new 2008 Scheme.

This essential new book covers all the amendments in the 2008 Scheme in the key areas of eligibility, procedure and assessment of compensation. In particular it deals with the Tribunal Procedure (First Tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 which came into force on 3rd November 2008 and which apply to all existing appeals. The book includes:

• practical structured guidance to the 2008 Scheme


• direct comparison with the 1996 and 2001 Schemes where substantial amendments have been made


• a step-by-step guide to the Tribunal Rules


• useful appendices comprising the Scheme, the Guide, the Rules and the Practice Directions.

Written by Laura Begley, Aileen Downey and Clare Padley.

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Providing comprehensive guidance on every aspect of quantum in personal injury claims.

• Enables you to assess, advise on, proceed with, or defend a personal injury claim for damages


• Combines objective guidance with a balanced approach, covering both claimant and defendant viewpoints, so that you can anticipate the other side’s moves more easily


• Deals with every kind of personal injury claim in one reference source, from clinical negligence and fatal accidents through claims for costs of education to criminal injuries compensation


• Explains complex types of award such as structured settlements, periodical payments, interim damages and provisional damages


• Provides medico-legal material including new, highly detailed medical illustrations


• Includes all the data you need to quantify a claim, with a comprehensive range of Calculation and Awards Tables including the 6th edition of the Ogden Tables


• Reproduces all relevant materials, including Statutes, Statutory Instruments, Practice Directions, CPR, Protocols and Codes of Practice


• Includes an unrivalled selection of case digests, providing case precedents for every type of claim, now with user friendly classifications and key facts, plus Heil v Rankin award updates


• Also available on CD-ROM

Contents

Personal injury claims

Fatal accident claims

Source materials

Quantum reports

• Injuries of the utmost severity


• Multiple injuries


• Head


• Senses


• Spine


• Internal organs


• Sacrum


• Pelvis and hip

Comprehensive analysis and overview of manual handling injuries with the application of common law and statute.

Manual handling injuries account for the majority of accidents at work. Manual Handling Claims is designed to assist the practitioner in understanding the application of both common law and statutory duties to this specialised area of work.

Containing concise but comprehensive analysis on the development of the law, an overview of manual handling injuries generally as well as in depth coverage of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 themselves, it provides the necessary information for all levels of personal injury practitioner especially given that essential appendices including the MHOR and the HSE Guidance are included.

Written by Andrew Ritchie QC and edited by Stephen Glynn, both highly experienced members of the personal injury team of the Chambers of Grahame Aldous, QC, 9 Gough Square, London, Manual Handling Claims is part of the series of Chambers’ publications on personal injury topics.

What other practitioners have said:-

“A "must have" for any PI practice that is serious about the work they do and the advice they give in manual handling claims.” Cliff Poole, Bond Pearce LLP.

“Fully informative and provides an excellent guide in tackling even the most complex of claims in this area. A must read for all personal injury practitioners.” Trevor Sterling, Rowley Ashworth & Company.

"This is a really excellent practitioner's guide and Refresher" Ronald Conway, Bonar & Company.

AUTHOR:

Andrew Ritchie QC

EDITOR: 

Stephen Glynn, barrister

Essential for all practitioners advising or representing organisations or individuals when obtaining or resisting preventative orders.

This practical and comprehensive guide is essential for all practitioners advising or representing organisations or individuals when obtaining or resisting preventative orders applied for in the High Court, County Court, Crown Court or Magistrates Court.

With a wide range of preventative orders now placing significant restrictions on an individual, this new book comprehensively deals with them collectively in one handy volume. Taking into account developments such as the new Criminal Procedure Rules, the latest Home Office and Ministry of Justice Guidance on various orders and recent case law, Preventative Orders sets out precisely how to apply for such orders and the preparatory steps leading to any court hearing.

Outlining the legislation and procedure, each type of order is analysed, including:

• Anti-Social Behaviour Orders


• Sex Offender Preventative Orders


• Closure Orders


• Violent Offender Orders


• Football Banning Orders


• Serious Crime Preventative Orders


• Drinking Banning Orders

A final chapter details preventative orders following acquittal as well as other orders such as Notification Orders, Parenting Orders, Foreign Travel Orders, Dog Control Orders, Gating Orders and Forced Marriage Protection Orders. The appendices contain a detailed analysis of the pertinent rules, legislation and home office guidance, along with the wording from 25 draft orders approved at High Court or Court of Appeal level.

Written by Edwin Buckett, Tom Little and Robert McAllister.

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An invaluable, practical guide for practitioners in this difficult area

Work Accidents at Sea provides an introduction to the language, law, procedure and practicalities of claims relating to work accidents at sea. It guides personal injury lawyers through the mysteries of the nautical world, the particular regulations and conventions that apply, and the procedures of the Admiralty Court. The work identifies the framework within which these claims are brought, and the common pitfalls that befall the unwary. It is complimented by a full set of the relevant statutory provisions, with identification of further sources of information and research for particular claims.

“I spent many years practising maritime law at the Bar and only wish that this book had been available then.  I commend it to claimants, lawyers, shipowners, charterers, P&I clubs, underwriters, brokers and indeed anyone who has to deal with accidents at sea.”

From the Foreword to this edition by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke.

Work Accidents at Sea is part of a series of publications by the Chambers of Grahame Aldous QC, 9 Gough Square, on all aspects of personal injury and clinical negligence claims.

AUTHORS:

Grahame Aldous, QC

Linda Nelson, barrister 

SERIES EDITOR:

Stephen Glynn, barrister

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Reviews:-

Journal of International Maritime Law - May 09

“To the untutored and inexperienced, unravelling the legal maze would be a daunting experience and the logic of the current publication is to provide those who find themselves in this position with an effective and readily comprehensible roadmap.

The text is presented in a practical and sympathetic manner, cautious not to presume that the reader has anything more than a limited understanding of the relevant maritime and legal worlds.

It provides a broad introduction to the shipping industry, nautical terminology and to the UK health and safety statutes and regulations. The legal focus is on claiming in the Admiralty Court, limitation of liability and limitation periods, coupled with a discussion of basic definitions relating to `ship' and `crew' and the system of accident reporting.

With regard to industry operations the emphasis is on the legal regimes relating to offshore installations and diving operations for the gas and oil industry. The whole is supported by three appendices containing a very helpful list of comparative tables, glossary of terms and relevant Merchant Shipping Regulations. In writing this book the authors have set out to produce a practical introduction to a dense and complicated area of maritime law. This goal they have achieved. They have also succeeded in writing a book which will prove useful not only to lawyers but to anyone involved in the offshore industry”.

Essential text for any claim concerning work equipment, this publication contains detailed commentary on both the common law and statutory provision relating to such claims.

Work Equipment Claims contains in-depth analysis of all the major decisions concerning failed or unsuitable equipment claims as well as all the relevant statutory provisions and relevant HSE guidance publications. There are additional chapters concerning work related upper limb disorder claims in particular where these arise out of the use of display screen equipment and also in relation to personal protective equipment.

EDITOR:

Stephen Glynn, barrister

AUTHOR:

Simon Brindle, barrister

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:

Edward Lamb, barrister

Jeremy Crowther, barrister

Esther Maclachlan, barrister

The book offers detailed advice to experts across a range of medico-legal issues and illustrates key learning points with examples of evidence that will either help or hinder lawyers in progressing claims.

Giles Eyre (9 Gough Square chambers) and Lynden Alexander (Professional Solutions Learning and Development) have written a comprehensive guide to medico-legal report writing in civil claims. The book offers detailed advice to experts across a range of medico-legal issues and illustrates key learning points with examples of evidence that will either help or hinder lawyers in progressing claims.

The book focuses on four essential aspects of medico-legal work:

• essential legal principles that underpin all compensation claims (personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence);


• detailed explanations of the rules of court from intimation of a claim through to trial;


• essential guidance on the content of reports and the essential issues that medical experts must address; and


• practical forensic writing skills and templates.

The book is written for medical experts and those who instruct them. It introduces easy to use techniques to help experts apply essential legal principles in practical reporting situations. It can also serve as a valuable reference when experts need guidance on to how to approach a wide-variety of reporting issues – from fundamental issues of causation and damage through to many difficult reporting situations.

The book can also be an invaluable communication tool to bridge the ‘communication void’ that often exists between experts and their lawyers – helping both sets of professionals to communicate clearly on many of the difficult issues that arise in medico-legal practice.

Written by Giles Eyre and Lynden Alexander

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