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Editorial: the Times They Are a Changing - Aidan Ellis, Temple Garden Chambers
27/02/13. The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013, which enter into force on 1 April 2013, were published this month. They go beyond the usual harmless tinkering to make some significant changes, many of which have already been heralded by articles in this journal. First, the small claims track limit will be raised to £10,000. This amendment will push many...
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Sea-Change to Passenger Rights? - Asela Wijeyaratne, 3 Hare Court
25/02/13. December 2012 saw the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 (on 18 December 2012) and Regulation (EC) No 392/2009 (on 31 December 2012). Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 concerns the rights of persons with disability or reduced mobility and the obligations of carriers and terminal operators in the event of interrupted travel with respect to transport by sea and inland waterway. It applies to passengers travelling on passenger services where the port of embarkation is in a Member State; or where the port of disembarkation is in a Member State, provided that the service is...
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Assessment of Cognitive Impairment Following Road Traffic Accidents - Dr Karen Addy, Clinical Neuropsychologist
23/02/13. Following road traffic accidents patients will often report cognitive symptoms such as problems with concentration, memory loss, fatigue, attention etc. whilst many psychiatric and psychological disorders can cause cognitive symptoms were there is a suspicion of a brain injury neuropsychological assessment is key to differential diagnosis. Brain Injuries following road traffic accidents are common with estimates suggesting that 25% of all brain injuries are sustained in this manner and road traffic accidents account for a far greater proportion of moderate-to-severe head injuries due to...
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Marketing Your Practice: Do Others See Us as We See Ourselves? Do We Appear as We Wish to? Time to Spring Clean Our Image? - Jenny Cotton, Mortons Marketing
21/02/13. Has your practice reviewed its internal and external image recently? What do your contacts know about your practice? think about what they know? and most importantly what do they believe about yourselves? Facts can be updated quickly, level of profile can be lifted by prompt action but image quality usually takes time to build and sadly to repair when necessary. Trust has been challenged in many UK sectors recently, are we trusted by our current contacts? and more importantly perhaps our potential contacts? Are previously accepted practices under media or other challenge?
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Owing a Duty of Care on the Pitch - John van der Luit-Drummond
19/02/13. Examining the history of damages awarded for negligence on the Football pitch. A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the highest award for personal injury in sport which occurred in the case of Benjamin Collett v (1) Gary Smith (2) Middlesbrough Football and Athletics Company (1986) Ltd: QBD [2008], in which the claimant was awarded more than £4.3million by the High Court. I thought it might be instructive to look into the history of recovery of damages by sportsmen in sport as it was not always easy for them to do so. Even today you will often hear some commentators or ex-player pundits, who should know better, argue that...
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