Archives: Personal injury

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PI – tort

December 2024/January 2025 | Personal injury

The SC has heard a tragic case which considered the extent of the tort of negligence. The case summary is as follows: ‘Background to the Appeal The law on the tort (that is the civil wrong) of negligence draws a fundamental distinction between liability for acts and omissions or, put another way, between making matters …

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PI – interest rates

November 2024 | Personal injury

PI practitioners should note an interest rate reduction as this will affect interest calculations in PI cases. In response to the decrease in the Bank of England base rate on 1 August 2024, the Court Funds Office (CFO) rates of interest payable to clients have been reviewed and from 19 September 2024 these will change …

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