Personal injury pre-action essentials for new practitioners: liability, quantum, limitation, funding, evidence, rehabilitation, protocols and key resources (England and Wales)
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Personal Injury—new starter guide
This new starter guide forms one of two Personal Injury—new starter guides. It offers a broad, practical overview of personal injury (PI) practice and signposts readers to further resources. The intended audience is trainee solicitors and anyone beginning work in PI as a distinct practice area. The emphasis is on the principal issues that arise pre-action (ie before court proceedings are issued) when bringing or resisting a PI claim. From the start of a personal injury matter, practitioners should carefully assess several key factors, including the relevant limitation period, the liability points likely to matter in the case, the pre-action protocol to be applied, and the potential funding route available. This new starter guide contains links to other Lexis+® sources and materials that provide more comprehensive information on the subjects outlined. It presents a general introduction to PI practice, covering the role of the PI solicitor, early-stage considerations and the pre-action stage. Personal injury new starter guide—procedure gives an introduction to PI litigation from the point of considering the commencement of court proceedings. For a primer on clinical negligence, see Practice Note: Clinical negligence new starter guide...
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