United Kingdom: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

Personal injury claims increasingly involve significant mental health consequences, from anxiety and PTSD to depression and emotional distress. Understanding the complex relationship between physical trauma and psychological harm is essential for victims seeking proper support and compensation, particularly when psychiatric injuries occur alongside or independently of physical injuries.

The Court of Appeal examines whether fixed costs apply when a claimant accepts a Part 36 offer after a personal injury claim exits the Pre-action Protocol and is allocated to the multi-track.

As injury lawyers, our regular ADR diet consists of Joint Settlement Meetings or Mediations, not so much Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE). It seems like the mythical unicorn of ADR – oft spoken of but rarely...