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Applying the Serious Injury Guide to high-value (over £250,000) personal injury claims: collaboration, liability, rehabilitation, interim damages, disclosure and costs (England and Wales)

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Introduction

There are several bodies dedicated to reshaping how claimants and defendants collaborate on serious injury matters, improving behaviours and expectations through agreed ways of working. The not-for-profit campaign organisation, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), stands as a prominent advocate for injured people. The Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) speaks for defendants, partnering with APIL in a joint endeavour to streamline litigation in catastrophic injury cases. Together with leading insurers, APIL and FOIL have authored the ‘Guide to the Conduct of Cases Involving Serious Injury’, more widely known as the Serious Injury Guide. To access the Guide, see here: Serious Injury Guide. The Guide was created to foster cooperative working between claimant and defendant representatives in cases where damages exceed £250,000 and are expected to include claims for ongoing future loss (clinical negligence and asbestos-related disease matters are excluded). Numerous claimant, defendant and insurance organisations have signed the Guide, thereby demonstrating commitment to the approach outlined in the document...

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Samuel David

Anthony Gold Solicitors

Sam is a Partner at Anthony Gold, specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence matters. Throughout his career he has worked closely with Partner Jenny Kennedy on a wide variety of cases. Sam’s clients come to him with a wide range of injuries, from catastrophic personal injury to road traffic accident cases as well as birth injuries through to cauda equina syndrome matters. He has wide experience of dealing with foreign national claims helping people who have been injured whilst working or holidaying in the UK, as well as British nationals injured abroad.Making a difference at the start of a personal injury claim is very important to Sam and comprehensive rehabilitation for his clients is always at the forefront of his mind.He is known for his ability to provide compassionate, pragmatic, and realistic legal advice to his clients and/or their...

Web page updated on 21/05/2026

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