The Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Pod from St John’s Chambers

This edition of the Personal Injury Pod features a discussion between barristers Matthew White and Rachel Segal about Life Expectancy in Personal Injury claims: the nature of life expectancy data, how and why that affects approaches to calculation of future losses, and the impact of negative and positive discount rates.

In this podcast, Deputy Head of Clinical Negligence, Louise Asprey and Beatrice Baskett of St John's Chambers Inquests team consider the coronial concept ‘neglect’: its development, what needs to be proven for a finding of neglect to be returned and examples from their own practices where the issue has been raised.

In this episode Sophie Howard and Beatrice Baskett will discuss approval hearings, covering the basics, some practical tips on preparing for hearings and what to look out for, together with a look at claims on behalf of child dependants in Fatal Accident Act claims.

On the approach to his fiftieth anniversary at the Bar, St John’s founder Christopher Sharp KC talks to Ben Handy about his distinguished career, reflecting on life as a pupil in the 70s, the changes and developments he has seen over the decades, the cases he has won (and lost!), what St John’s means to him, and his plans for the next 50 years.

We hear the term Galbraith plus used all the time in the Coroner’s Court but when was the last time you looked into what the test really requires a Coroner to do and what threshold it puts into place? Off the back of the case of Officer B50, Louise Asprey and Lauren Karmel of our Inquests & Public Inquiries team answer these questions in this podcast. 

In this podcast, Louise Asprey and Lauren Karmel of our Inquests & Public Inquiries team review the Supreme Court decision handed down earlier this year and the clarification that it provides in respect of the application of article 2. Whilst this case dealt with the application within a healthcare setting, it assists in a consideration of the application of article 2 generally.

On this podcast, Rhodri Jones and Rachel Segal of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team have a whistle-stop discussion of some general issues and principles associated with cosmetic surgery litigation.  This taster session includes a brief overview of relevant recent authorities such as Laura Clarke v Adam Kaleciński & Others [2022] EWHC 488 (QB).

On this podcast, James Marwick and Ben Handy of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team discuss some of the latest authorities in employers' liability and how the courts have been approaching the issues which regularly arise in such cases.

One-way costs shifting (QOCS) is about to change with an upcoming change to CPR44.14, altering the scope for defendants to enforce costs orders against claimants.

On this podcast, James Marwick and Rachel Segal of St John's Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams talk about this development in personal injury costs law and what it is likely to mean in practice.

Matthew White and Jonathan Lindfield of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team will talk through the law as it relates to accidents on the highway, including the important differences between highways and highways maintainable at public expenses, and how to win claims in both situations (for claimants and defendants). 

James Marwick and Darren Lewis of St John's Chambers Personal Injury team discuss recent developments in the ever-important area of fundamental dishonesty and related issues in respect of surveillance and social media entries.

Darren and James cover the key new cases and the practical application to the workload of those acting for both claimant and defendant interests.