Personal injury law : liability, compensation, and procedure / Peter Barrie

Rev. ed. of: Compensation for personal injuries. 1st ed. 2002.

Includes index.

Overview -- Grounds for liability -- Causation and remoteness -- Proof and uncertainty -- Contributory fault -- Defences -- Road accidents -- The Motor Insurers' Bureau -- Employers' liability -- Slipping and tripping -- Defective products -- The state of land and buildings -- Animals -- Sports injuries -- Deliberately intended injury -- Criminal injuries compensation -- Psychiatric injury -- Clinical negligence -- Injuries causing death -- Inquests -- Compensation payments -- Injury damages -- Multipliers -- Loss of earnings and pension -- Nursing and caring -- Financial losses and expenses -- State and other benefits -- The benefit recoupment system -- Fatal Accidents Act claims assessment -- Provisional damages -- Structured settlements -- Investment advice -- Interim payments -- Interest -- Funding of claims -- Before court proceedings begin -- The civil procedure rules -- Statements of case -- Schedules and counter-schedules -- Case management -- Disclosure -- Experts -- Applications, evidence, and trial -- Limitation -- Children and patients -- Settlement and Part 36 -- Costs -- Appeals -- Reference information.