This webinar will highlight the legal and practical issues which can arise when dealing with a personal injury claim when the Claimant appears to have received sub-standard medical treatment for the injuries sustained including:
• Reminder of general principles on causation
• When will there be joint and several liability for the “same damage.”
• What is likely to be a break in the chain of causation in the context of healthcare provided for negligently caused injury
• Can the claimant’s own actions break the chain of causation
• Factors likely to influence the claimant’s approach to investigation of separate claims
• Which pre-action protocols to use
• Assessing issues and advising the client
• Dealing with such claims under the CPR as amended from April 2024
• Settlement (with one of several Defendants)
APIL Past President, Director of Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
John McQuater qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and is a Director of Personal Injury, and member of the Complex Injury Team, at Switalskis Solicitors.
He is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme (as well as being an assessor for that scheme). He had, whilst the scheme was operation, Catastrophic Injury Accreditation from the Law Society... view full biography