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Personal injury definition

What does Personal injury mean? Personal injury describes harm to a person’s body or mind, as opposed to damage to property or pure economic loss. In practice it underpins civil claims in tort/delict, including negligence, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, product liability, road traffic accidents and clinical negligence. Across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, legislation (notably limitation statutes and, in Ireland, Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation) commonly defines personal injuries to include disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition. Recognised heads therefore cover physical injury, industrial disease and psychiatric injury. Fatal injury claims are related but procedurally distinct. Key legal features...

Systems and controls for compliant personal injury referral and fee-sharing arrangements under LASPO 2012 and the SRA Standards and Regulations (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

This Practice Note

This Practice Note sets out the systems and controls to consider when your firm receives personal injury (PI) referrals, so you can spot banned PI referral arrangements and ensure compliance with the statutory and regulatory framework for any PI referral arrangements you regard as permissible. It reflects the SRA Standards and Regulations and the underlying statutory scheme—the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012). For guidance on referrals made by your own firm, see subtopic: Introductions to third parties for complementary information. Not every PI referral arrangement to your practice that involves payment is unlawful in every circumstance. See Practice Note: Personal injury referral arrangements—SRA requirements—Statutory regime, which outlines the statutory scheme and how the SRA applies it. See also Practice Note: Personal injury referrals—SRA examples, flowchart and guidance. For guidance on the SRA’s general requirements concerning referral arrangements (including PI referral arrangements), see Practice Note: Referral and fee sharing arrangements...

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