Although Coroner’s courts are often said to be somewhat more informal than other courts, they are a part of the justice system, and the Coroner holds a judicial position.

Although pre-birth orders can be obtained in certain jurisdictions, such as California, intended parents (IPs) are not recognised as a child’s legal parents in the UK until a parental order is ...

Section 2 of the Compensation Act 2006 states that an apology, an offer of treatment or other redress shall not, of itself, amount to an admission of negligence or breach of statutory duty. The Law of ...

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Both the public and private sectors now operate in a digital by default era, with even the smallest and most traditional operations having electronic processing as being in some way core to their ...

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is appearing at a greater frequency in personal injury claims. For every ‘developing’ condition there are a raft of specialist claimant firms presenting cases ...

Whilst the tsunami of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) claims faced by compensators between 2012 and 2017 may now be consigned to a footnote in history, an academic debate has raged over the last ...

“Incubation claims” are claims where liability has been admitted early, but where the medical evidence has not been finalised. As the date which the claimant needs to bring a claim approaches, so as ...