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Experts have been predicting the death knell for the personal injury sector for a decade or so. Reports of its demise have so far been premature, but the current climate feels as if a different wind is blowing. Names that came to be synonymous with the explosion in the claims sector have disappeared in the past two weeks, while established firms which once relied on PI work have moved on. Could we finally be seeing…

The High Court has held that Irish law can apply to a personal injury claim where the victim was injured at an English airport, as had been stipulated in the ticket contract drawn up by the airline. The claimant, flying with Ryanair to Berlin, was injured going down steps at East Midlands Airport: the terms and conditions of the ticket said that Irish law governed the agreement and how to interpret it. Ryanair argued in…

New practices introduced to help the clinical negligence process during lockdown are set to stay for the time being, claimant and defendant lawyers have indicated. A protocol agreed last summer by the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers and NHS Resolution sought to help the conduct of litigation during the pandemic. Changes included more flexibility on limitation periods, greater use of email to serve and receive documents and online examinations of clients for medical expert reports….